Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has been recommended to earn the distinction of accreditation by AdvancEd/SACS CASI for a five-year term. M-DCPS is the largest school district in the nation to achieve this accreditation, which is based on a lengthy review process that analyzes the Index of Education Quality for the district.  After visiting more than 730 classrooms and speaking with 1,607 stakeholders, including...

  American High class of 2014 graduate Josie Benitez was nominated and selected as one of the nation's Posse Scholars for her academic success. Benitez received the Posse Leadership Full Tuition Scholarship which awards four-year tuition. She will be attending Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania this fall. Benitez, a Miami native, graduated high school with a 6.0 weighted GPA, a testament to her academic pursuits....

  For his role as the head of the Leadership staff at Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Student Affairs director Eduardo Flor was named Senior High Coordinator of the Year at the OneBlood Blood Drive Awards Luncheon on Friday, May 9. Leadership students also received a monetary award for college in honor of their service. The awards continue the school’s storied tradition of community service. During the 2013-2014 school year,...

  Forty-one teachers of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) were among 83 educators in the state last week who graduated from the prestigious Florida Turnaround Leaders program. The rigorous two-year course is considered one of the largest and most successful programs of its kind. Superintendent of Miami-Dade Schools, Alberto M. Carvalho, welcomed the graduates and leaders of districts and gave the keynote speech. The project was...

Several Miami-Dade County Public Schools in northwest Miami-Dade are participating in the Food Service Summer Program for Children from now to August 1. Nutritionally balanced meals will be provided to all children regardless of race, color, sec, disability, age or national origin during the summer vacation period when school breakfasts and lunches are not available. All children, 18 years old and younger, are eligible for meals at no charge...