There's glory for No. 1, but competition's hard
Along with the glory of being No. 1 comes the pressure. And the lawsuits. And the rumors. In a world of increasingly competitive college applications, where parents line up their children from birth for certain schools, a battle for the top academic slot can turn nasty. BY ANA VECIANA SUAREZ / aveciana@herald.com
UTD leaders had secret pension fund Money for senior officers was spent on construction overruns
Senior United Teachers of Dade leaders set up a secret reserve fund that promised them huge cash payouts on top of their already comfortable retirement benefits, union records show. BY MANNY GARCIA AND JOE MOZINGO / jmozingo@herald.com
$53.5 billion budget ready for vote today $464 million to be used for class-size reduction
More than half the $840 million in new spending the state will send to public schools this summer is earmarked for class-size reduction. BY JACKIE HALLIFAX / Associated Press
Crumbling Schools, Cramped Classrooms: A Miami Herald special investigation
Miami-Dade Public Schools squandered tens of millions of dollars on a mangled construction program, delayed crucial projects by months or even years, and trapped children in schools that are not only crowded, but obsolete, poorly maintained and in some cases downright unsafe, a Herald investigation has found.
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