TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
BROWARD WINS CLEAN AIR EXCELLENCE AWARD
Broward
County was awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA) 2012 Clean Air Excellence Award for Education/Outreach for the
Conservation and Climate Change (C3) Challenge for schools program at a
ceremony September 19. The Clean Air Excellence Awards recognize
innovative programs that protect Americans’ health and the environment,
educate the public, serve their communities and stimulate the economy.
BROWARD SCHOOLS: SOME IN EAST GAIN STUDENTS; WEST SEES DROP
Call it this year's new math. Some of Broward County's eastern schools are gaining students after years of losses. And booming western schools, including those in Tamarac,Miramar,Margate and
PembrokePines,
are losing many of their students to charter schools, according to the
district's 20-day enrollment count. "I'm sad to see any schools lose
students, but that's great news for the schools in the east," said
School Board member Katie Leach of FortLauderdale."Those are the schools that are most
underenrolled."
SUSTAINING, ‘SCALING UP’ EFFECTIVE PRACTICES OF URBAN HIGH SCHOOLS FOCUS OF RESEARCH
The National Center on Scaling Up EffectiveSchools at Vanderbilt University’s PeabodyCollege announced today the next phase of their partnership with Broward County Public Schools to study and “scale up” effective practices of these Florida high schools.
FLORIDA SAT SCORES LAG U.S. AVERAGES
In Miami-Dade and Florida as a whole, SAT scores are rising, though they still fall short of national averages. Florida’s
SAT scores are inching upward — and more minority students are taking
the exam — but the state continues to lag behind national averages,
according to Class of 2012 results released on Monday. Florida’s
average scores in the reading, mathematics and writing portions of the
SAT were 492, 492, and 476, respectively. The national averages for
those three categories are 496, 514, and 488.