Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
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Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove earned the No. 1 spot among Florida private high schools in Niche's 2027 rankings, compiled by Stacker, adding to a string of national and international accolades for the Grades 6-12 school.
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Miami-Dade County Public Schools magnet applications go fully online through the Parent Portal starting Thursday, Oct. 1, with a deadline of Jan. 15, 2027. The shift affects Key Biscayne and Coconut Grove families eyeing nearby magnet schools MAST and Carver Middle.
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A proposed Treasury and IRS rule would strip tax-exempt status from private schools with race-based or DEI policies by May 2027, putting Ransom Everglades and its $8.5 million financial aid program squarely at risk.
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Silvia Tarafa, a 37-year public education veteran and former Key Biscayne K-8 Center principal, is running for one of three open Village Council seats in the Nov. 3 election, pledging to rethink flood control, push utility undergrounding forward and demand more transparent governance.
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Key Biscayne K-8 Center's middle school has just 52 students, with only 12 in sixth grade, as Education Advisory Board Chair Robert Duzoglou asks the Village Council to renegotiate the MAST Academy agreement and boost the school's budget ahead of a Sept. 8 hearing.
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MAST @ FIU, a magnet school popular with Key Biscayne families, ranked No. 31 nationally and No. 2 in Florida in U.S. News & World Report's latest best public high schools list, leading six Miami-Dade schools in the top 100.
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Key Biscayne's Education Advisory Board voted to ask the Village Council to revisit a 2012 agreement that gives qualified island students priority access to about 1,100 MAST Academy seats, citing just 50 middle-schoolers at KBK8 and a shift toward ninth-grade entry.
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Katrina Wilson finished first in the Aug. 18 Miami-Dade School Board District 1 primary and advances to a Nov. 3 runoff against Linda Cothiere, carrying a platform centered on an independent enrollment study, tackling absenteeism and charter-school accountability with direct implications for Key Biscayne K-8 and MAST Academy.
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Key Biscayne K-8 Center students in grades 2-8 are released one hour early every Wednesday for the entire 2026-27 school year; here are the grading periods, recess windows and key dates families need.
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Miami-Dade County Public Schools opened magnet program applications for 2026-2027 on Aug. 15, just two days into the new school year, with MAST Academy on Virginia Key among the options for Key Biscayne and Coconut Grove families.
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Miami-Dade schools broke ground on a $20.6 million building at MAST @ FIU's Biscayne Bay Campus and commissioned a $15.2 million classroom addition at Coconut Grove Elementary, both milestones arriving as the 2026-27 school year opened.
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The Florida Department of Education's proposed AI safety rule would give parents at Key Biscayne K-8, MAST Academy, and Carver Middle the right to opt children in or out of classroom AI tools, ban apps that simulate friendships, and require districts to publish approved-tool lists and maintain student interaction logs. A public workshop is set for Wednesday, Aug. 5, with a January 2027 compliance deadline if adopted.
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