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  Florida Memorial Freshman Says Lax Dorm Security Let Her Rapists Escape

  November 6 at 7 a.m.

  When one Florida Memorial University student began attending the historically black college in Miami Gardens this fall, she immediately noticed security in her dorm seemed lax. She had moved from Apopka to attend the school this year, but when she settled into the Willie C. Robinson Residence Hall, she says, she noticed a potential problem.

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  Post-Parkland Laws Place Kids at Risk, Southern Poverty Law Center Warns

  October 16 at 4:02 p.m.

  A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) warns that recommendations issued by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission are militarizing public schools in Florida and putting students at risk.

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  Education Reform Now Retracts Report on Racial Funding Gap in Florida Schools UPDATED

  October 2 at 8 a.m.

  Last week, New Times published an article based on a new report by the nonprofit Education Reform Now on racial funding gaps in Florida's public school system. Saturday, a spokesperson for the group informed New Times that the authors had mistakenly assessed the schools' nonwhite enrollment, drastically altering the report's findings.

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  Miami Private School Rolls Out Gun-Detection System to Prevent Shootings

  September 20 at 1:44 p.m.

  The back-to-school season never seemed so grim. To the dismay of parents, bulletproof backpacks now join 64-count crayon boxes and binders on shopping lists for the new school year.

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  Former Mayor Accused of Sexual Harassment Works at Girls' School in Miami

  September 12 at 8:34 a.m.

  In August 2013, longtime Commissioner Jose M. Diaz was appointed interim mayor of Sweetwater. It followed a corruption scandal that led to the expulsion of former Mayor Manuel Maroño. But soon after he took over the city's top office, Diaz was accused of sexually harassing a mayoral assistant.

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  First-Time Miami Teachers Spend 72 Percent of Income on Rent, New Report Says

  August 29 at 8 a.m.

  As Florida struggles to fill thousands of empty teaching positions, developers in the Miami area continue to erect expensive (and largely vacant) condo towers. This witch's brew of scant affordable housing and abysmal pay for teachers has made Miami one of the worst metropolitan areas in the nation for an entry-level schoolteacher.