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Charter and virtual schools need more oversight
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsFor my Broward print column today, I wrote about the dark side to the explosion of charter and virtual schools that's been encouraged by our choice-happy Legislature. There are now 84 charter schools operating in Broward (serving some 33,000 students),......Tags: Charter Schools, Palm Beach County, Teaching and Learning, Education, Students
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Top Ten foods that get mom and dad sent to the principal's office
Dining@LargeIt's back-to-school time. And while the kiddos learn reading, writing and arithmetic, parents get schooled in the politics of schoolhouse eating. With all the attention on childhood obesity these days, lots of lunchbox staples have become taboo. I'm not...Tags: Allergies, Obesity, Lasagna, Physical Conditions, Preschools
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Gloucester supervisor, superintendent exchange e-mails on school funding
Who's on Team Gloucester?Here's an exchange of e-mails between Gloucester Supervisor Michelle Ressler and Gloucester Public School System Superintendent Ben Kiser over the school funding issue. Start from the bottom up, of course.----- Original Message ----- From: gcpskiser@cox....Tags: Plastic Surgeons, Verizon Wireless, Virginia, Public Schools, Health
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Gloucester schools substitute teacher list has one supervisor
Who's on Team Gloucester?Supervisor Gregory Woodard is on the substitute teacher list for Gloucester County Public Schools, according to information from the school system. But Woodard has yet to work as a substitute teacher in Gloucester in the 2010-11 school year. Woodard is......Tags: Public Schools, Teaching and Learning, Education, Teachers
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Sink-Scott debate a dispiriting affair
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIf you call someone a "Tallahassee insider" and an "Obama liberal" until your face turns Republican red, is that enough to gloss over your own shortcomings? That, in a nutshell, is what the race for Florida governor has become. Republican......Tags: Virginia Shuman Young Elementary School, Alex Sink, Ronald Reagan, Public Schools, Gays and Lesbians
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Gloucester High School senior tabbed for DAR award
Who's on Team Gloucester?Jordan Cheresnowsky, a senior at Gloucester High School, has won the "Good Citizens Award" from the Augustine Warner Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The award was announced today and Cheresnowsky was recognized by...Tags: Awards and Prizes, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Education, High Schools, Human Interest
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Gloucester High School sophomore selected for leadership seminar
Who's on Team Gloucester?Audrey K. Jolly, a sophomore at Gloucester High School, was chosen from a class of 533 students to represent the school at a leadership seminar in May. Jolly was one of 14 sophomores nominated by school staff to apply for......Tags: The Happiest News!, Teaching and Learning, Students, Education, High Schools
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Broward school board meeting -- Shameful and shameless
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsTwo words to sum up the Broward School Board meeting on Tuesday, the first since the release of a scathing statewide grand jury report: Shameful and shameless. Shameful: Only one measly member of the public -- a teacher -- turned......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Are vouchers fundamentally wrong?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsInteresting piece today by my colleagues Cara Fitzpatrick and database specialist John Maines about the state's voucher program for low-income students . The program was craftily designed to withstand a court challenge. Instead of having state money go to...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Florida, Economy, Business and Finance, Public Schools, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Notter announces he'll step down as Broward school superintendent in June
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsBREAKING: Broward schools superintendent Jim Notter dropped a bombshell at the end of a long school board budget workshop on Tuesday: He's quitting at the end of the school year in June. Notter and the Broward School Board have been......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Ben Williams, Justice System, Work Relations, Unions
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Oliphant's firing is a little unfair
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsWill Miriam Oliphant show up at her old stomping grounds -- the Broward County School Board -- to protest her sudden dismissal as a guidance counselor? That's the $75,200 question heading into today's board meeting. Oliphant, a school board member......Tags: Employers, Broward County School Board, Crime, Law and Justice, James F. Notter, Justice System
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Boca Raton legislator behind legislation to allow school districts to completely ban smoking
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsState Rep. Bill Hager, R-Boca Raton, saw passage of one of his top priorities during the just-completed legislative session with passage of a measure that would give school boards authority to ban anyone from smoking anywhere on their property. Currently,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Education, Rick Scott
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