School Safety

Despair, rage, and calls for help are coming from teenagers in Florida. Some are emotionally disturbed while others are obsessed with death or holding...

On Friday’s Roundup we discussed school safety in Florida. Reporting by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel this week found that a disturbing number of...

Computer simulations have long helped train doctors in complex medical procedures. Now, tens of thousands of Florida teachers and school staff are using…

New state policies born out of the Parkland school shooting have drawn the scrutiny of two national nonprofit research organizations, which have argued...

Many students across the Sunshine State headed back to school this week, and others will do so in the coming weeks. So, we spent the full hour looking...

South Florida is heading back to school. Palm Beach County students started classes on Monday. Broward and Monroe Counties start Wednesday, and students…

Another local school board has spoken out about teachers carrying firearms, a decision that comes as Florida lawmakers are close to passing a bill that…

Heading into the 2019 Legislative Session, state lawmakers on either side of the aisle aren’t seeing eye-to-eye on education. Like they have in previous...

Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie said he wants schools in his county to be the safest in the nation. His pledge comes one year after 17...

One year ago, Michael Riggio was second in command of the New York Police Department's Counterterrorism Division. But just months after the February...

The year 2018 is almost over, and Florida Matters is looking back at the stories that made headlines in our region this year.Much has happened in our…

The year 2018 is almost over, and Florida Matters is looking back at the stories that made headlines in our region this year.Much has happened in our…