Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Tag: Schools

‘The Color Purple’ banned in Orange County public schools months before...

When Alice Walker published "The Color Purple" in 1982, it quickly attracted acclaim as well as controversy.  It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in...

Bomb threats pop up across nation targeting historically Black colleges and...

On the first day of Black History Month, over a dozen historically Black colleges or universities, or H.B.C.U.s, across the country have been subject...

Newsbreak February 2nd, 2022

Two deadly school shootings in two states. Bomb threats target more than a dozen historically black colleges and universities. Local members of the Jewish...

Ron DeSantis won’t lock down Florida again (includes video story)

Governor Ron DeSantis assured Floridians that he will not institute another lockdown as COVID-19 cases spike in the state. Florida currently leads the United...

This bridge may well lead to success for many college students

Ryan Levy was frustrated. It took him 11 years and four majors to finish college. He and several other recent local college graduates noticed peers...

Newsbreak, April 1, 2021

Virgin Galactic unveils a passenger spacecraft, witnesses continue to express guilt and grief in their testimonies on the fourth day of the Chauvin Trial,...

Panthers Protecting Panthers has saved lives from COVID-19 (includes video story)

In response to the pandemic, FIU created an organization called Panthers Protecting Panthers that focuses on the safety and health of all students and...

How the pandemic has affected disabled students (includes video story)

Students with disabilities are a demographic that have been drastically affected by COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdowns. The dangers of exposure and the struggles...

Back to school? Students and teachers say no. Part 2

Despite the fact that Miami-Dade schools aren't scheduled to start for more than a month, a battle is brewing over whether kids should return...

Elementary school parents and faculty worried about prospective school reopening

Parents and faculty are concerned about the prospective reopening of Miami-Dade County public elementary schools in August and the effects of remote learning on...