Ana CeballosJuly 9, 2020
10min314
“There are just a lot of areas of concern, a lot of unanswered questions, but we’ve got five weeks to get this right."
Tag: Alberto Carvalho
Ana CeballosJuly 9, 2020
Associated PressJune 23, 2020
8min449
Miami-Dade schools among those concerned about budget strains.
Ryan NicolMarch 18, 2020
4min401
Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie says campuses will likely stay closed beyond April 15.
Associated PressFebruary 28, 2020
11min248
Some school districts rethinking perfect attendance awards.
Ryan NicolNovember 13, 2019
4min1186
Carvalho will serve a new, four-year term on the National Assessment Governing Board.
Florence SnyderFebruary 27, 2017
2min578
Friends of the First Amendment have their hands full with the War in the White House Pressroom. That may explain why Miami-Dade School Superintendent Alberto (Rico Suave) Carvalho thought his attempted hostile takeover of the highly respected and ferociously independent WLRN newsroom might pass unnoticed. Thankfully, fans of the free press have taken notice, and […]
Florence SnyderFebruary 13, 2017
3min906
At the rate Florida is hemorrhaging classroom teachers, it soon won’t matter that we can’t hire school bus drivers for $11.88 an hour, because there won’t be any classrooms worth taking the kids to. Every week brings fresh reporting about Florida’s teacher shortage; none of it is a surprise to parents or policymakers who have […]
Associated PressAugust 11, 2016
1min190
Kids returning to school in a Miami neighborhood linked to Zika infections will be allowed to wear pants and long-sleeved shirts that don’t match their school uniforms, but still can’t bring mosquito repellent to campus. The Miami Herald reports that at a school board meeting Wednesday, Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said, “aggressive […]
Associated PressOctober 7, 2015
8min276
Jeb Bush‘s signature achievement in education policy as Florida governor may be at risk of coming apart. A champion of what became known as Common Core education standards, Bush pushed a set of high-stakes tests for students and a system of grading schools as the centerpiece of an education agenda that defines much of his […]
Staff ReportsJune 23, 2015
16min195
In the wake of Tuesday morning’s budgetary blood bath that left $431 million in state spending on the Rotunda floor, state senators have had a thing or two to say about Gov. Rick Scott‘s line-item veto spree. So have the governor’s many boosters within state governmental agencies, who worked up prepared statements and sent them out into […]