The Nova Southeastern University H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship will induct three local business leaders – Mitchell Berger, Mike Jackson and Don Taft – into its Entrepreneur Hall of Fame on April 14. The induction ceremony will be held at the Signature Grand in Davie beginning at 6 p.m. Attendance is by [...]

Stay up to date on Broward stimulus spending at: http://broward.org/Recovery/Pages/RecoveryActAccomplishments.aspx
Percentage of local stimulus funding received.
On February 16, 2010, President Barack Obama marked the first Anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Recovery Act is a combination of tax relief, financial assistance and infrastructure projects designed to cushion the impact of the economic downturn and [...]

From the Broward Teacher’s Union:
While School Board members meet today, Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010, in a workshop at the K.C. Wright Building in Fort Lauderdale to discuss possible employee layoffs, district officials will head to New York City later this week on the taxpayers’ dime to recruit new teachers.
Broward Teacher’s Union President Pat Santeramo said [...]

Nova High School will formally become Broward County Public Schools 14th high school to offer the driver’s education program to students with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, March 15 at 9 a.m.  Nova High is located at 3600 College Avenue, Davie.
Prior to the 1998 school year, the Broward County Public Schools driver’s education program [...]

Governor Charlie Crist announced this week that Florida has been named a finalist in phase 1 of the $4.35-billion federal Race to the Top education reform competition. Florida was one of only 16 finalists chosen from a pool of 41 applicants to proceed to the next stage of the competition. Race to the Top winners [...]

In an effort to maintain a balance between flexibility and efficiency in School Board meetings and in accordance with the School Board policy specific to the scheduling of meetings, Broward County School Board Chair Jennifer Leonard Gottlieb and Superintendent James F. Notter announce changes to the District’s Board meetings.
The starting time for regular School Board [...]

As of Friday, February 26, 2010, six and a half weeks after an earthquake-ravaged Haiti, a total of 894 displaced school age children from that country have enrolled in 190 Broward County Public Schools and Charter Schools. Of that number, 715 have limited English language skills, making them eligible for services and support from the [...]

There’s an old adage that if you need to eat an entire elephant, it is best to eat it one bite at a time. That is the approach taken by the Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) in its determination to become environmentally friendly and ecologically sound, while teaching its students how to “Live Green, Learn [...]

The Broward Schools Integrity ethics panel will convene its third and final public hearing on Monday, March 15th, 2010, from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Cooper City High School Auditorium.  The high school is located at 9401 Stirling Road, Cooper City, FL 33328.
The public’s attendance is strongly encouraged to provide much needed input on [...]

Students in the South Plantation High School Environmental Science and Everglades Restoration magnet program are taking the matter of increasing awareness and encouraging protection of the world and its oceans into their own hands.
Third-graders from Broward Estates Elementary School will participate in South Plantation’s third annual Environmental Day, February 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 [...]

As of Wednesday, February 10, 2010, a total of 703 children from Haiti have enrolled in Broward County Public Schools and Charter Schools. Of that number, 505 have limited English language skills.

The District has established a Haitian Relief Committee, which is providing for concerns relative to enrolling and placing students who are arriving from Haiti [...]

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Approximately 200 Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County business and community leaders heard about the six drivers that can prepare South Florida for accelerated economic growth at the Florida’s Future Summit on February 5, 2010. The Summit was presented by the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward Economic Development Alliance (formerly The Broward Alliance) and its Partner [...]

[ February 22, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] In an effort to gain further public sentiment on the current operations of the Broward County School District and School Board,

Broward Schools Integrity ethics panel announces that it will be holding~the second of its three public hearings. Bob Butterworth, George Allen and Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler, pictured, head the ethics panel.

The panel also held [...]

Twenty-nine Broward residents recently passed written and laboratory exams at the UF-IFAS/Broward County Extension Office in Davie as the culmination of their intensive 14-week, 112-hour lecture, laboratory and field Master Gardener training. They join the ranks of 183 active Florida Master Gardeners, bringing the total serving the County to 212.

Master Gardeners learn about sustainable landscaping, [...]

Each year, individual schools across the District honor one of their teachers as the school’s Teacher of the Year.  These teachers are entered into the District’s Teacher of the Year program. The top six teachers in the District are then interviewed by a District-based committee composed of past Teachers of the Year, District administrators, union [...]

As of Friday, February 5, 2010, Broward County Public Schools has received 587 new students from Haiti in the aftermath of the country’s recent devastating earthquake. These students are acclimating at 145 Broward County Public Schools and 18 Charter Schools throughout the District.  In many instances, schools have been able to partner displaced students with [...]

A school bus headed to Everglades Elementary with students wrecked early this morning in Weston. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies, along with BSO Fire Rescue are on the scene of the wreck with injuries at Bonaventure Blvd., near S. Post Rd. in Weston. The driver of a Broward County Public School bus collided with a vehicle [...]

Preschoolers from MSI’s Baudhuin Preschool and the Family Center Preschool and Infant & Toddler Programs experienced the joy and fun of Snow day Friday.  Twenty-two tons of snow were brought in and used to create mountains and hills for the kids and their parents to experience. Some rode sleds, some created snowmen…it was all left up to [...]

Broward County Public Schools staff, students, parents and supporters have responded with overwhelming generosity to assist the people in Haiti following the devastating earthquake.
Broward County Public Schools has culminated a weeklong District-wide relief effort to collect and receive donations of first-aid kits, bottled water, flashlights, batteries, canned meat and fish, condensed milk, evaporated milk, non-perishable [...]

The Broward County Energy Training Partnership, led by Minority Builders of Broward, OIC (Opportunities Industrialization Center)
Hypower Systems visited Heron Heights Elementary School in Parkland, bringing along a special trailer that uses a kitchen setting to show people how solar power works. Heron Heights gets about 20 percent of its power from solar and has a [...]

Read New Florida Initiative here.
Chancellor Frank T. Brogan and Board of Governors Chair Sheila M. McDevitt released details of the “New Florida Initiative”, a strategic plan to use the resources of the State University System to transform the Florida economy on Thursday.
Governor Charlie Crist endorsed the New Florida Initiative on Thursday and announced that his [...]

Note: The full budget is to be released on Friday, Jan. 27 and will include more details about the education budget. Once BrowardNETOnline.com has obtained a copy, we will be posting a link in this story.
From the Dept. of Education
Governor Charlie Crist preliminarily released details of his 2010-11 proposed budget for Pre K-12 education on [...]

The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is pleased to announce that T. Willard Fair, a member of the Florida State Board of Education, has been selected to serve on a year-long NASBE study group—Common Ground: Education and the Military Meeting the Needs of Students—to examine the skills and knowledge youths need to [...]

Broward County Public Schools has begun preparations to welcome and provide educational and other support services to displaced students and their families who may be relocated to South Florida, following the earthquake that struck Haiti.
As information about the earthquake in Haiti continues to come in, it is clear that this has been a devastating tragedy. [...]

Governor Charlie Crist today signed Florida’s overall application for more than $700 million of the $4.35 billion federal dollars available through the Race to the Top competition while visiting Mollie E. Ray Elementary School in Orlando. Half of the total award will be distributed to participating school districts according to a federal funding formula to [...]