State Representative Manny Diaz Jr., (R-Hialeah), chair of the Choice and Innovation Subcommittee of the Florida House of Representatives, is sponsoring a bill aimed that numerically ranks schools and allows  Florida’s top schools the flexibility to hire experts in certain fields like history or science without prior certification. According to Diaz, HB 875 is to reward the top schools by bringing the brightest minds in...

  Perla Tabares Hantman, chairman of the Miami-Dade County School Board, was reappointed to serve on the Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization Governing Board (MPO) by Governor Rick Scott for an additional term ending December 16, 2017. “The MPO guides the transportation planning process in Miami-Dade County, and I am honored to serve on this board for my fifth consecutive term,” Hantman said.  

  The Project Citizen students at Bob Graham Education Center are tackling an Autism issue that may pique the interest of local and state government officials. The seventh grade Project Citizen students, which is part of the school’s Law Studies class, discovered a problem among adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) – about 75 percent of them are unemployed. The group interviewed a large group of people in the community...

  Bob Graham Education Center students participated in the Main Street Banner Contest hosted by The Graham Companies. A total of 18 entries from the school were selected as finalists among the final 26. Students named finalists were (from left) Frances Maisonet, Michael Rocco, Nazli Zanabria, Ryan Ledesma, Sophia Inguanzo, Oliver McCarthy; (second row) Marilyn Grass, Isabella Correchet Lugo, Alexandra Batista, Reginald Anderson,...

  On March 13, the Key Club of Barbara Goleman Senior High will once again host “Gator Idol,” the club’s annual talent show to raise money for the March of Dimes. Contestants were auditioned by a panel of Key Club officers and received a "golden ticket" to congratulate them on being chosen. Contestants have been meeting and rehearsing to prepare for the school’s 5th Annual Gator Idol production. Tickets are $5...