Monday, October 8, 2012
Broward middle school students take part in 4-H science day
Eco-friendly robots, or Eco-Bots, will be the focus of the annual 4-H National Youth Science Day, which takes place Wednesday.
Sponsored
by 4-H, the event puts middle school students into scientists’ shoes
for a day. This year, students will develop Eco-Bots programmed to clean
up a simulated environmental spill, learning robotic engineering
concepts along the way.
U.S.
Department of Education Awards the Teacher Incentive Fund: BCPS Wins
$48.5 Million Grant to Reward Effective Teachers and Principals
Broward
County Public Schools was awarded $48.5 million over a five-year period
by the U.S. Department of Education to recognize and reward effective
teachers and principals. The 2012 Teacher Incentive Fund grants will
pay for increased salaries and training for educators who work in
high-need schools. BCPS is one of only six winning school districts in
Florida and 35 districts nationwide from a pool of over 120 applicants.
Broward School District making progress toward reducing class size
Wary
of being slapped with another $66 million fine for violating class-size
requirements, the Broward School District said it was making
substantial progress toward compliance this year. School officials said
84 percent of all class periods meet the state's class-size
requirements so far — compared with 54 percent last year. They also said
80 percent of the classes not in compliance are only over by one or two
students. "We're absolutely moving forward to get on record," Broward
Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie said.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Students honored as part of anti-bullying contest
Hollywood, Hallandale students honored as part of anti-bullying contest
South
Broward High School students were recently honored for winning an
anti-bullying contest sponsored by the school district and the United
Way of Broward County. The Hollywood school's contest entry logo for
"Dare to Care" was selected, and they produced a video focusing on the
effects of cyberbullying. "The pride that they feel is immeasurable,"
said teacher Ellen D. Hochhauser, whose students won the contest. "The
kids put a lot of time and effort into this."
20,000 students in Broward read for the record
More
than 20,000 students in Broward County joined millions of kids
nationwide Thursday in an attempt to break the world record for reading
the same book on the same day. Every kindergarten and pre-K class in
the district participated in Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign,
which aims to promote literacy and early childhood education.
Embattled Broward school bus chief still quietly at work
A month ago, it looked as if Broward County's embattled school transportation director was on his way out.
But
Chester Tindall has been working at school district headquarters,
despite announcing Sept. 5 in the midst of a school bus crisis that he
was about to take a six-to-eight-week medical leave and then work with
district administrators to transition out of the job. Though Tindall is
still working, his day-to-day management duties are being handled by
district administrator Jeff Moquin, who was assigned the task by
Superintendent Robert Runcie the day Tindall announced his leave.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Cooper City, Pines pioneers to be honored
A
historic school will serve as the venue to honor 29 Broward residents,
including ones from Pembroke Pines and Cooper City, as part of the
county's 40th annual Pioneer Day. Since its inception, more than 2,300
residents have been added to the list as a Pioneer.
School buses still a problem
Three
recent Sun Sentinel reports raise renewed concerns about the Broward
County School District's transportation department, and prompt some
Editorial Board concerns about the School Board.
