Broward County Public School students to receive free breakfast, lunch

Broward County Public Schools students will receive free breakfast and lunch for the 2024-2025 school year.

School bus drivers in Broward go through practice run

South Florida school bus drivers are getting ready to roll out once again for the start of the new year.

Pembroke Pines schools will have officers in every public school; discussion on how to fund it to continue

Pembroke Pines officials agreed to allocate School Resource Officers at all of the public schools in the city until December and will continue discussions on how to cover the cost.

Brother, sister team up to collect school supplies for Chapman Partnership

Altruism can be found in people of all sizes and ages.

New school year to mean new normal for Broward high schoolers: Metal detectors

There is a new normal at Broward County public high schools.

South Florida military families receive back-to-school supplies

The United Way of Broward County is helping hundreds of students in military families get ready to return to school.

Teachers at Broward school back in classrooms, ready to build off success

Teachers around Broward County are putting the finishing touches on their classrooms as they get ready to welcome students for the new school year.

Broward County Public Schools will hold a drive-thru job fair for bus operators for the new school year.

Miami-Dade school district kicks off training week for over 400 new teachers

Miami-Dade County Public Schools launched a week of professional training for over 400 new teachers on Monday.

Back-to-School Project: Local 10 collecting school essentials for kids in need

Most back-to-school lists might not include undergarments, socks and personal hygiene products. These are basic essentials kids need to be ready for the first day of class and beyond.

San Francisco 49ers star helps South Florida kids get ready for back-to-school

A professional football star with South Florida roots was in town to help local kids get ready for the new school year.

Broward gets ready for 1st day of 2023-24 school year on Monday

Ten out of about 1,200 school buses will be electric on the first day of school on Monday — for the first time in the history of Broward County Public Schools — and there are 50 more on the way.

It was a gift that was good for the sole.

Students return to school in Miami-Dade County

Summer is officially over for Miami-Dade public school students as they head back to the classroom for the first day of school on Thursday.

Back to School: Share your photos with us!

Who's excited for the first day of school?! Send us your child's pic to be featured on local10.com and the chance to even be featured on air!

Miami-Dade teachers, others march to protest Florida’s Black history standards

A group of “teachers, students, community members and Teamsters” were expected to march to the Miami-Dade school board headquarters Wednesday in protest of Florida’s controversial Black history standards.

Miami-Dade has 20 new electric school buses ready for 1st day of class

Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ first day of the 2023-24 school year is on Thursday and there will be about 20 new electric buses to pick up students.

Broward teachers prepare classrooms for upcoming school year

Educators are gearing up for a new school year across Broward County.

With classes starting soon, authorities hold active shooter drill at Miami high school

As students in South Florida prepare to head back to the classroom, Miami-Dade Public Schools held an active shooter training at a Miami high school Monday morning.

A nonprofit organization hosted a back-to-school giveaway at Wilton Manors Elementary on Sunday.

Miami-Dade Public Schools superintendent outlines vision ahead of new school year

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Jose Dotres laid out his vision for the upcoming school year on Friday morning as teachers and students get ready to return.

Broward’s school resource officers prepare for active shooter threat during drill in Weston

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony and Peter Licata, Broward County Public Schools’ new superintendent, are relying on many of the lessons learned after the 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland to improve on-campus security.

Here’s where kids can get back-to-school shots in Broward, Miami-Dade

The time for South Florida students to head back to their classrooms is fast-approaching.

Not even 20, Broward scholar already headed to Yale for PhD

A 19-year-old South Florida woman is leaving town on Thursday to head to Yale and begin her PhD.

Union reports big progress on Miami-Dade teachers’ pay raise agreement

Miami-Dade County Public Schools and the United Teachers of Dade reached a tentative agreement Thursday night that will increase the starting salary for new teachers and give current full-time teachers raises between 7% and 10%.

Black curriculum co-author defends slavery wording in new Florida guidelines

Florida's recent curriculum changes are stirring up a lot of outrage as they relate to the guidelines on teaching about slavery.

Parents and guardians of Broward County Public Schools students now have new technology to help them track their child’s school bus.

As kids across South Florida settle into their new school routines, there’s an inevitable part of “back to school” that every family deals with once the bell rings at the end of the day. Homework.

Back to school for thousands of students in Miami-Dade still leaves many concerns

Broward County students head back to class after summer break

Thousands of students in Broward County are heading back to classrooms Tuesday.

All Miami-Dade public school students to receive free meals for entire school year

All public school students in Miami-Dade County will receive free breakfast and lunch for the 2022-2023 school year, the district confirmed on Monday.

Back-to-school countdown: Broward superintendent celebrates hiring gains

With just hours away from the first day of the 2022-23 school year, Broward County Public Schools employees were preparing on Monday for students to return to classrooms on Tuesday morning.

Broward County Public Schools drivers prepare for 1st day of school

DeSantis promotes program to place military veterans in classrooms

Gov. Ron DeSantis released a video on Thursday encouraging U.S. military veterans to participate in his effort to deal with teacher shortages.

Experts remind parents about importance of back-to-school health checks

It's time for students to get back-to-school health checkups.

Barry University hosts ‘realistic’ active shooter drills

Barry University played host to active shooter drills Thursday, as Miami Shores police brushed up on best practices for responding to a mass shooting.

Broward superintendent prepares for new school year amid new laws, teacher shortage

It has been a year since Vickie L. Cartwright became interim superintendent of Broward County Public Schools. In February, the school board gave her the job permanently.

Broward School District hires more than 760 people at job fair, positions still open

Broward County Public Schools has 1,300 job openings it is trying to fill as it gears up for the upcoming school year.

Miami-Dade School Board reverses decision to pull sex ed textbooks

The sex education textbook discussion continues Thursday for the Miami-Dade School Board, a week after it voted to disallow two controversial textbooks in the classroom.

Florida’s back-to-school sales tax holiday began Monday, giving families a break on the 6% sales tax rate as the start of the new school year nears.

US Education Secretary visits high school, college in Weston

The U.S. Secretary of Education visited Cypress Bay High School and Broward College on Monday in Weston.

Bigger is not necessarily better anymore, especially when it comes to gatherings. But that doesn’t mean children and families can’t get together, in some sense, for some fun.