K-12 Funding and Administration

Related Search

News Home News Blog Ask a Mexican Archives Search New Times Flipbook Weekly Newsletter Get Mobile

Calendar Home Top Picks Submit an Event Events Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Music Home Music Blog Concert Calendar Bars and Clubs Submit an Event Music Newsletter Get Mobile Music Ads

Restaurants Home Food Blog Find a Restaurant Menus Happy Hours Deals Dining Newsletter Get Mobile Restaurant Ads

Arts Home Theater Arts Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Film Home Showtimes Film Poll 2011 Film Festivals Film Newsletter Get Mobile Free Stuff

Best Of Home 2011 2010 2009 2008 Best Of Newsletter Get Mobile Best Of Ads

Promotions Home Promotional Events Street Team Free Stuff Promotions Newsletter Get Mobile Deals

Post an Ad Jobs Real Estate Advertiser Index Deals Deals Newsletter Virtual Job Fair

Blogs
March 1, 2012
Florida Prayer in Schools Bill Passes House, Going to the Governor
Joyous news, proselytizers of the world -- if Gov. Rick Scott signs the bill that the Florida House passed moments ago, Florida public school districts will now totally have the ability to allow prayer in public schools.The bill, SB 98, doesn't explicitly allow prayer in schools, but it does ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2012
Senate Committee Passes Bill Mandating Schools Teach About 9/11
A state Senate bill mandating all Florida public schools teach students about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, passed an education committee this morning.SB 1422 seeks to add "the events surrounding the terrorist attacks occurring on September 11, 2001, and the impact of those ev ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2012
Florida Senate Passes Bill Allowing Prayer in Schools; Vote Isn't Even Close
The state Senate passed SB 98 this afternoon by a 31-8 margin, paving the way for public school districts to allow student prayer in school. The bill would allow "student volunteers to deliver inspirational messages, including but not limited to, prayers of invocation or benediction," according t ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
Leon County School Board Approves New Mavericks High School
Perhaps the people in Tallahassee don't read much on the interwebs. Or maybe they don't mind entrusting their kids' education to a team of real estate developers. Whatever the reason, the Leon County School Board has decided to approve a new Mavericks High charter school.Mavericks in Education Fl ... More >>
News
December 29, 2011
Mavericks High Schools Hope to Profit From Education – But at What Cost?
Perhaps the people in Tallahassee don't read much on the interwebs. Or maybe they don't mind entrusting their kids' education to a team of real estate developers. Whatever the reason, the Leon County School Board has decided to approve a new Mavericks High charter school.Mavericks in Education Fl ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2011
Palm Beach School Board Member Chuck Shaw's Ties to Mavericks Charters
pr.comFrank Biden joined other Mavericks employees in donating to Shaw's campaign.When the Palm Beach County School Board approved a new Mavericks High charter school this February, one board member abstained from the vote. Chuck Shaw, the former principal of the JFK Medical Center Charter School ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2011
UPDATED: Joe Biden's Brother Is President and "P.T. Barnum" for SoFla Charter School Chain
UPDATE: The Palm Beach County School Board's vote on three new Mavericks schools has been postponed. Read more after the jump.When owners of a for-profit charter school chain go before the Palm Beach County School Board tomorrow night seeking approval for three new high schools, they'll have a celeb ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
Broward and Palm Beach Schools Identified in Possible FCAT Cheating
caribeexams.orgSchools in the Broward and Palm Beach school districts have been asked to determine whether cheating occurred on Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test in their schools, according to the Florida Department of Education.Deborah Higgins, an information specialist for the Florida Dep ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2011
Bob Norman's Greatest Hits
Bob Norman is not a man to gloat, so we're doing it for him. During his 13 years as a writer at this periodical (four as feature writer, nine as a columnist, five of those nine as the Daily Pulp blogger), he has had a rash of successes -- especially if you count sending corrupt public officials to ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2011
School Board Pay Comes Under Attack
Wild Art: A recent photo of disgraced Broward County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman, who continues to represent the county on state and national boards after being implicated as a player in the Chait scandal. This comes from a just-released video from the Florida Association of Counties aimed at prote ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2011
"Frantic" Tallahassee Battle: School Board Thwarts State Control
When the Florida Senate prepared earlier this week to take direct oversight of the dysfunctional Broward County School Board earlier this week, the board's lobbyist, Georgia Slack, went into overdrive. SlackSlack wrote in an email to Board members that she began "frantic lobbying" and engage ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2011
UPDATED: Superintendent Jim Notter To Step Down
Broward County School Board Jim Notter is finally hitting the road WSVN UPDATED: Embattled Broward Schools Supt. Jim Notter announced today at the end of the board meeting that he is retiring from his post at the end of the school year. It's the first s ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
School Board Diversity Chair Calls For Murray's Resignation In Email
When confronted at yesterday school board meeting about her use of a racial slur, Broward County School Board Member Ann Murray didn't respond and then "slipped out the door," according to the Miami Herald. The newspaper followed up on the report here about Murray's written reprimand for using ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2011
Activist Calls For Ann Murray To Resign
Broward School Board Member Ann Murray has yet to publicly comment on the reprimand she received for allegedly making a racist remark, but she did try to answer questions from Freda Stevens, a political activist and and chairwoman of the Democratic Black Caucus of Broward County, about th ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2011
The Sun-Sentinel's Sobering Centennial
Wild Art: Jennifer Gottlieb, member of the embattled Broward School Board, is hanging in there. Slow news day, more reporting to do, but I want to update you on the school board member who allegedly used a racial slur in front of several witnesses (and no, it's not JenJen). I'm getting the ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2011
Recall Rick Scott Protest Hits Downtown
Anti-Rick Scott protester at federal courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale yesterday. Activist Tammy Lettieri estimates that 1,300 people showed up for the rally. Here are some questions I hope to answer in the next several days: -- Who is the Broward County School Board member who, prior t ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
Gay, Bi, and Transgendered Students Get Protection From Bullying in Broward County
If Hogwarts were in Broward, Harry would be safe to express himself.If RuPaul were still in high school, guarantee he'd want to be in Broward County -- now Florida's largest school district has added "gender identity and expression" to its nondiscrimination policy.With its unanimous vote Tue ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2011
Notter: "I have No Plans To Resign"
UPDATED: At his 4 p.m. press conference regarding the Statewide Grand Jury report, Broward Supt. James Notter said he's not going anywhere. "I have no plans to resign or retire at this point in time," said Notter, who was flanked by the entire board as he spoke. ... We will take expediti ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2011
Grand Jury Report: School Board Blew Hundreds of Millions of Taxpayers Dollars While In Lobbyists' Pocket
Well, it's finally official. The Broward County School Board wasted hundreds of millions of your dollars while doing the bidding of a select group of contractors and lobbyists. You've been reading about that here for the past five years. Now the statewide grand jury has found the same thing.&n ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2011
State Slightly Reduces Broward County Class Size Penalties
After Broward County school district's appeal of the state-imposed penalty for violating class size restrictions, Florida Department of Education Commissioner Eric Smith recommended that the county's penalty be reduced by $74,000 to $2.9 million -- a slight break he delivered on Tuesday, though l ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2010
UPDATED: Charges Brought In Ynot Case
Ynot with son Max just days prior to his death UPDATED: The SAO just announced that it has filed charges in the case of graffiti artist Jonathan "Ynot" Corso. The release: The Broward State Attorney's Office has charged Reynaldo Rodriguez, 32, with vehicular homicide in ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2010
Former School Board Construction Chief Talked of "Machine"
When we stop to remember Michael Garretson, we should never forget that the late School Board construction chief led the spending of a billion dollars a year in what was one of the largest and most damaging school building booms in Broward County history. For ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2010
RIP, Leslie Nielsen
Some of the best moments from one of Fort Lauderdale's finest. -- Stephanie Kraft's path: Lawyer. PTA mom. School Board member. Tool for special interests. Corrupt tool for special interests. Scandalous politician. Criminally charged politician. Jailbird for a day. Suspended S ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2010
House Pro Tem Investigated for Homestead Fraud
Florida House Democratic Caucus Gibbons in Tallahassee State Rep. Joe Gibbons, who has been named the number-two Democrat in the Florida Legislature, was investigated for homestead fraud earlier this year -- and government records indicate he lied to officials during the probe. ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2010
UPDATED: Criminal Complaint Filed In The Case Of the Crushing Handshake
In one of the more bizarre twists we've seen to an already wild election season, a School Board candidate says she was injured in a post-debate handshake that bruised her hand and ultimately led to a hospital visit. LevineSchool Board candidate Jaemi Levine said that after last night ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2010
Yes On Amendment 8; More On School Board Leak Scandal
Time to talk about Amendment 8 real quick. Vote for it. Amendment 8 is the one that is going to give Florida school boards a little more flexibility on class sizes that were mandated by the 2002 class-size amendment. Since then the legislature has appropriated about $18 billion to fund tha ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2010
UPDATED: Leaked Confidential School Board Document Used in Campaign Smear
[UPDATED: Just received word from Broward School Board governmental affairs specialist Requel Bell that the sensitive school board background check document being used in the smear campaign against School Board Member Phyllis Hope is indeed exempt from public record disclosure. That means ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2010
Last School Board Leak Cost Taxpayers Big
Wild Art: Fox News-loving Republican Attorney General candidate Pam Bondi at the firing rangeThe apparently illegal leak of classified FBI information regarding Broward County School Board Member Phyllis Hope isn't the first time the school district has been caught in a political ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
[UPDATED] Election Was a Campaign Consultants' Battle Royal; So Who Are Winners and Losers?
Flickr: eschipulIn the months before yesterday's election, Broward candidates lined up behind campaign rainmakers who possessed extraordinary powers for rounding up votes. Of course, they would share these powers only if the price was right. Since incumbents could outraise their challengers, incu ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2010
A Dirty Job: Broward School Board Member Ann Murray Offers Poor Residents a Low Wage to Stand at Poll
Photo: Broward County School DistrictAnn MurrayFor folks in a low-income section of Hollywood, it's hard to pass up a chance to make $50 -- even if it means standing outside in 95-degree heat for 12 hours holding up a campaign sign. And that, say sources in South Hollywood, is the offer being dan ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2010
Attorneys Describe Legal Maneuvers by School District, Board Members After Gallagher Was Charged
Beverly GallagherIn the weeks that followed the announcement last September that Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher had been busted for taking bribes in an FBI sting, several of her colleagues got anxious. So did the school district administration. "The FBI was asking a lot ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2010
[UPDATED] Broward School Board Member Phyllis Hope Let Taxpayers Pick Up Her Legal Tab
Phyllis HopeDuring a year when state and federal investigators have been circling the Broward County School Board, it seems as though every member of that ethically challenged outfit would have reason to keep a personal attorney close by. But only one school board member had the nerve to give her ... More >>
News
July 22, 2010
Educating Maria
On L.A.'s Skid Row, a generational war over how to teach the American children of illegal immigrants
Blogs
July 2, 2010
Morning Juice: Geller Denies Role in Gunzburger Investigation; Gallagher Off to Prison
A look at what's happening in South Florida this Friday morning:On the same day that Broward County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger accused her opponent, Steve Geller, of a dirty campaign trick, Geller admitted having "a number of conversations" with Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti, whose office is inves ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2010
Sue Gunzburger Ensnared by Corruption Probe
Photo: C.StilesSue GunzburgerThe Broward Sheriff's Office is getting mighty ambitious with its corruption investigation. The Sun-Sentinel is reporting that County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger is a target of agency investigators who are looking at deals that her husband's company made with Broward ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2010
Morning Juice: Investigators Still Circling Broward Schools; Video Shows Tunidors Turning on Each Other
Your daily spin through the local headlines:Even with Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher on her way to prison, there are indications that the investigation has only just begun, as the district's legal office is being asked by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to provide ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2010
Morning Juice: Prison for Bev Gallagher; Oil Nears Panhandle
Here's a glance at what's in the local headlines:It's not quite the Miracle on the Hudson, but a small plane made a safe emergency landing in a field just short of the Fort Lauderdale airport's runway. It narrowly missed hitting a home. [WPLG-5]Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2010
Morning Juice: Boynton Family Battles Stingy Insurer; Murder Near West Palm Park
A rundown of local news items on this Wednesday morning:A Boynton Beach family is devastated by an insurance company's decision to renege on a guarantee that it would pay for the residential treatment of Ryan Crofutt, 25, who needs treatment for brain damage and was prepared to receive therapy at ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2010
Citizens for National Security Finds Islam Propaganda in Florida Textbooks
Dr. William Saxton, saving Florida children's hearts and minds from IslamDr. William Saxton is sitting at a Starbucks in West Boca Raton, clutching a bulging black briefcase. But he's having trouble concentrating on our conversation. He keeps looking around for a better table. "I'd prefer to have ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2010
Gallaher Pleads; Expects Prison Sentence of Three Years, One Month
GallagherA family with the name Gallagher ought to be celebrating on a day like today. But not the family of former Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher. This afternoon she entered a guilty plea to a charge of accepting a bribe from an undercover agent and expects to receive a pri ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2009
Morning Juice: Salesman Not Buying FBI's Case; Embattled Palm Beach School Official Stripped of Duty
Here's what in the local news this morning:Local targets of the FBI corruption sting were apparently unimpressed by the case that was made against them. The same day that former Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher entered a not guilty plea to selling her office, former Miramar Co ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2009
Morning Juice: Dolphins Get Hosed in Tennessee; Gallagher Looks Trial-Bound in Corruption Case
It's Christmas week. And here's what's in the news in Broward and Palm Beach:The Dolphins staged an amazing comeback yesterday in Tennessee, only to have their inspired effort wrecked by a bullshit call against Greg Camarillo. [NFL.com]Adderley elaborated on his statement last week about Rothstei ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2009
Morning Juice: Lantana Police Make a Deposit to Jail
What's going on in South Florida? Well, this:As Juice insomniacs already know, our local obsession, the so-called Withdrawal Bandit, has finally been caught! Police believe it's Glenn Hooper, a 53-year-old Hollywood man who went to the well one too many times. Lantana police also busted Hooper's ... More >>
Blogs
October 23, 2009
Morning Juice: A Bloody Mess in Local School Boards
A tour of South Florida headlines on this Friday morning:The state appears to be question the finances of the state's blood banks, including the local Community Blood Centers, where disgraced Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher landed work with the help of a lobbyist. [Sun-Sentin ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2009
Morning Juice: One School Board Wrestles With Corruption; the Other With Curriculum
The headlines in Broward and Palm Beach:Investigators are circling Bruce Chait of Prestige Homes -- and not just for the developer's hiring of Broward School Board member Stephanie Kraft's husband. Tamarac Mayor Joe Schreiber has alleged that Chait offered a $200,000 bribe in exchange for Mae Sch ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2009
Morning Juice: Which Kraft Gets Paid and Which Kraft Gets to Vote?
Let's look at what's in the news this morning:Big, big trouble for Broward County School Board member Stephanie Kraft. New Times' Bob Norman has confirmed that Kraft's husband, Mitch, took payments from Prestige Homes to negotiate a deal with the district for the mitigation fees associated with t ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2009
Morning Juice: Adventures in Bad Parenting
Time to get your Monday on. But first, a look back on what made news this past weekend.Tamarac mayoral candidate Ed Portner gave a short interview to WPLG about why he went over to his daughter Stacy Ritter's home with a gun last week: "I wanted to scare the crap out of her." Mission accomplished ... More >>
News
October 1, 2009
Inside the Arrest of Broward School Board's Beverly Gallagher
Time to get your Monday on. But first, a look back on what made news this past weekend.Tamarac mayoral candidate Ed Portner gave a short interview to WPLG about why he went over to his daughter Stacy Ritter's home with a gun last week: "I wanted to scare the crap out of her." Mission accomplished ... More >>
News
July 23, 2009
Broward School Officials Conspired to Build $395 Million in Unnecessary Classrooms
Time to get your Monday on. But first, a look back on what made news this past weekend.Tamarac mayoral candidate Ed Portner gave a short interview to WPLG about why he went over to his daughter Stacy Ritter's home with a gun last week: "I wanted to scare the crap out of her." Mission accomplished ... More >>
News
October 9, 2008
Joe Badran is supposed to help keep Broward County schools diverse, but Americans Against Hate says he supports Hamas and terrorism
Time to get your Monday on. But first, a look back on what made news this past weekend.Tamarac mayoral candidate Ed Portner gave a short interview to WPLG about why he went over to his daughter Stacy Ritter's home with a gun last week: "I wanted to scare the crap out of her." Mission accomplished ... More >>
More >>

Browse Voice Nation

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

News

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

News

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

News

News

News

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This