The world is increasingly connected, and social media is at the forefront of that growth, participating as a medium for communication and the chance to reach a global audience with just the touch of a few buttons. Readers and viewers are now on the other end of a touch screen. They are not just consuming news and entertainment, they are participating in it.Though social media has been around for years, its impact and the importance of digital...

Several Ivy League schools had to take a back seat to Florida International University’s Model United Nations team, which recently achieved its highest ranking ever, according to Best Delegate, the organization that ranks the Model UN teams based on their performances.FIU landed second place this year in North America and ranked ahead of prestigious national universities such as Georgetown, Harvard and Yale.It is the highest ranked team...

Miami Lakes resident Francis A. Zamora has been named to the Dean’s List at Boston University for the Fall semester. Each school and college at Boston University has their own criterion for the Dean’s List, but students generally must attain a 3.5 grade point average, or be in the top 30 percent of their class, as well as a full course load as a full time student.

An elite group of students from Bob Graham Education Center participated in the 2017 Science and Engineering Fair and the SECME Olympiad at Miami Dade College North Campus in early February. The participants were fourth grader Alecxavier Estrada, fifth grader Adrianna Leal, sixth grader Sofia Gervan, seventh grader Morgan Knight, and eighth graders Sofia Dubon and Naomi Rodriguez. In the bridge category, eighth graders Armani Estrada, Ashley...

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has been included in GettingSmart.com’s Smart List: “30 School Districts Worth Visiting.”  The online information source identifies M-DCPS as one of “30 districts that are changing the trajectory of both education and their communities by working on blended, personalized and competency-based learning.”The District’s use of data to drive minority achievement...