Students in Miami-Dade County did as well, and in some cases better, than students across the state on this year's standardized writing test, according to statistics released Thursday by the state Department of Education.

Miami-Dade parents who want to enroll their children in a Miami-Dade County Public Schools pre-kindergarten program must register their children by May 23 to be eligible for a lottery.

Earth, we have a problem. Humans are consuming fish faster than the oceans can replenish them. Scientists, who warn that overfishing could destroy the world's fish stock in the next 40 years, are seeking more commercially viable ways to increase fish production.

Scott Fiske has been principal at Western High for five years, but when he remembered his greatest moment in that job, he didn't highlight any awards or special recognition. Instead, he recalled the three weeks he spent teaching a pre-calculus class because a teacher was out.

cavil: to raise trivial objections; also, a trivial objection.