Florida school districts grapple with AP course confusion
School district leaders across the state are taking a patchwork of approaches to a college-credit psychology course, as many high-school students head back to class this week amid a dustup between Gov. Ron DeSantisโ administration and the College Board.
โDemoralizing:โ Voters are fleeing the Florida Democratic Party. Can it be fixed?
The Florida Democratic Party is taking on new leadership and promising to make changes. But with a conservative super-majority in the Florida House and Senate and a governor aggressively reforming the state across the board, the question is can the party turn its fortunes around?
Florida accused of violating order blocking in โStop WOKEโ CRT education case
Plaintiffs challenging a state law restricting how race-related concepts can be taught in higher education accused Gov. Ron DeSantisโ administration Wednesday of violating a federal judgeโs order that blocked parts of the law from being enforced.
Floridaโs Democratic Party chairman resigns, says party โresistant to changeโ
Manny Diaz, the former Miami mayor who was in charge of the Democratic Party in Florida, resigned as party chairman Monday in a lengthy letter that exposed party shortcomings with building membership and accused the partyโs culture as being โresistant to change.
Florida top educator tells schools to ignore feds on gender ID, sexual orientation
Saying federal guidelines aimed at preventing discrimination against students based on such things as gender identity would โvastly expand the applicationโ of Title IX, Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. told school officials Thursday to ignore the guidelines.
Florida Senate releases sweeping school choice proposal
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. โ Republican legislative leaders are lauding a sweeping school-choice measure filed Thursday, while Senate Democrats have vowed to โfight like hellโ against the proposal. Diazโs proposal (SB 48) would expand the existing Family Empowerment Scholarship, which currently serves middle- and low-income students, in part by combining it with the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship. The Senate proposal also would establish the โGardiner-McKay Scholarship,โ by combining two existing voucher programs that serve students with special needs. The state currently has โa pretty confusing system of scholarship programs with various eligibility and funding mechanisms,โ Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, said in a press release on Thursday. Step Up for Students, a nonprofit organization that helps administer two of the stateโs existing voucher programs, also is backing Diazโs proposal.
Miami QB DโEriq King tears ACL in Cheez-It Bowl
All rights reserved)Miami quarterback D'Eriq King (1) is taken off the field after he was injured during the first half of the Cheez-it Bowl NCAA college football game against Oklahoma State, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)Miami Hurricanes quarterback DโEriq King will undergo surgery after tearing his right ACL in the Cheez-It Bowl on Tuesday. Miami announces QB DโEriq King tore his right ACL, will have surgery. Coach Manny Diaz said King is in great hands with the schoolโs medical staff. This season, King threw 23 touchdowns, threw for 2,686 yards, and rushed in four touchdowns. โWe canโt wait to see him back on the field leading our team in August,โ Diaz said.
Miami QB D'Eriq King tore knee ligament, plans 2021 return
Miami quarterback D'Eriq King (1) looks for a receiver as Oklahoma State defensive tackle Sione Asi (99) rushes during the first half of the Cheez-it Bowl NCAA college football game, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)CORAL GABLES, Fla. โ Miami quarterback DโEriq King tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the Hurricanesโ loss this week in the Cheez-It Bowl. The Hurricanes went 8-3 this season, the best record among the seven FBS schools in the state of Florida. King, in first season at Miami following his transfer from Houston, was a big reason for that. King completed 64.1 percent of his passes, the second-best single-season completion percentage for any Miami quarterback and one that qualifies him as, for now anyway, the most accurate passer in Hurricanes history. ___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
No. 18 Miami motivated to finish strong in Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. โ The 18th-ranked Miami Hurricanes hope to redeem themselves when they face Oklahoma State in the Cheez-It Bowl. A lopsided loss to end the regular season cost coach Manny Diaz's team a spot in a major bowl. Instead, the Hurricanes (8-2) will finish their best season in years on a smaller stage on Tuesday night. That loss likely kept the Hurricanes out of a New Yearโs Six bowl game. A victory would likely lift Oklahoma State back into the AP rankings.
Miami vs. Oklahoma State: How to watch, stream, listen
(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)Cheez-It Bowl: Oklahoma State (7-3, 6-3 Big 12) against Miami (8-2, 7-2 ACC), Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. EST (ESPN). An Oklahoma State victory would likely lift the Cowboys back into the Top 25 in the final AP poll. PLAYERS TO WATCHOklahoma State: Wide receiver Tylan Wallace caught 53 passes for 877 yards and six touchdowns. Miami: Wide receiver Michael Harley had 49 catches and six TDs. ... Oklahoma State averages 194.7 rushing yards and 29.5 points a game.
Miami vs. UNC: How to watch, stream, listen
Series record: North Carolina leads 12-11. North Carolina would get to eight wins for the first time since 2016 with a victory. North Carolina was one of the schools that tried to land Roche when he left Temple and entered the transfer portal last year. ... Miami coach Manny Diaz was the defensive coordinator for North Carolina coach Mack Brown when Brown was at Texas; Brown fired Diaz in the 2013 season. ... Of the current ACC football members, North Carolina is one of only three schools with an over-.500 head-to-head record against Miami.
'Is Miami back?': Hurricanes may finally have a good answer
The annual question in Coral Gables โ โIs Miami back?โ โ might finally have an answer Hurricanes fans will like. 9 Miami gets its first ACC championship, a drought thatโs now 17 years and counting, but the Hurricanes (8-1, 7-1 ACC, No. Just finishing the right way, thatโs really, really, really important. โWe were taken away from each other for almost two weeks and didnโt really get back as an entire football team โ I mean, not even an entire football team, but anything resembling a football team โ until this past Monday. Odd as this sounds, thatโs Miamiโs second-longest ACC streak; the Hurricanes won 11 consecutive league games spanning 2016 and 2017.
King, defense help No. 9 Hurricanes beat Blue Devils 48-0
DURHAM, N.C. โ Miami's offense needed a little bit of time to find its edge after the ninth-ranked Hurricanes' coronavirus-related layoff. When we got back together, obviously, I donโt think we missed a beat, and I think we grew as a team." Meanwhile, King and the rest of the offense shook off a bumpy first two drives by finishing with 524 total yards. Instead, they ended up with a matchup against the Hurricanes with a chance for a third straight series win. Duke: The Blue Devils visit Florida State next Saturday in a matchup bumped to make room for the Miami game.
Miami has 3 games PPD by virus; A&M on pause for 2nd week
The number of games across major college football scheduled for this weekend that have already been called off is up to six, after three went down Monday, including Mississippi at No. So we can complain about this and this and that but, listen, weโre still getting to play football,โ Fisher said. Major college football conferences have been tweaking policies to provide their schools flexibility to schedule games on short notice. That probably won't work for LSU-Alabama, which was among four SEC games postponed last week. __Follow Ralph D. Russo at https://twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP and listen at https://westwoodonepodcasts.com/pods/ap-top-25-college-football-podcast/___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
DโEriq King leads No. 11 Miami to comeback win over NC State
Zonovan Knight had a 100-yard kickoff return to put NC State (4-3, 4-3) on top in the third quarter. NC State led at halftime on the strength of Hockmanโs 9-yard touchdown pass to Cary Angeline with 2:49 left. NC State: Angeline, a redshirt senior, has caught at least one touchdown pass in five of the Wolfpackโs games. With a victory, NC State would have been a candidate to climb back into the rankings. NC State: Host Florida State next Saturday.
DโEriq King leads No. 11 Miami to comeback win over NC State
Zonovan Knight had a 100-yard kickoff return to put NC State (4-3, 4-3) on top in the third quarter. NC State led at halftime on the strength of Hockmanโs 9-yard touchdown pass to Cary Angeline with 2:49 left. NC State: Angeline, a redshirt senior, has caught at least one touchdown pass in five of the Wolfpackโs games. With a victory, NC State would have been a candidate to climb back into the rankings. NC State: Hosts Florida State next Saturday.
Kingโs 4 TD passes lead No. 13 Miami past Pittsburgh, 31-19
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. โ Miami avoided the post-Clemson letdown and now can set its sight on remaining in the conference championship picture. โWe were disappointed and a little bit angry coming off last week,โ Miami coach Manny Diaz said. But Miami regained its double-digit advantage on Kingโs 45-yard touchdown pass to Mallory. โThey make you earn every single thing.โThe Hurricanes struck first on Kingโs 35-yard touchdown pass to CamโRon Harris midway through the first quarter. King connected with Mallory on a 6-yard score with 6:44 left in the second quarter for a 14-0 lead.
How Bloomberg's $100 million Florida bet may shape campaign
Facing questions about whether he would fulfill his promise, Bloomberg moved over the weekend to direct $100 million to Florida alone in support of Joe Biden. โMike Bloomberg is an impact player,โ said former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who served as a co-chair of Bloombergโs presidential campaign. After spending $1 billion on his own campaign, Bloomberg won just one primary contest: American Samoa. And they say that, beyond Florida, Bloomberg is one of the Democratic Partyโs biggest funders. Many say Biden, who visited the state on Tuesday for the first time since becoming the nominee, has not reached out enough to Hispanics in particular.
Miami vs. UAB: How to watch, stream, listen
All rights reserved)MIAMI โ The Miami Hurricanes will begin the 2020 college football season against UAB on Thursday. UAB is 1-0 on the season after the Blazers defeated Central Arkansas 45-35 on Sept. 3. This is the first time UAB will play against Miami. UAB has never defeated a team in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Miami is 14-point Las Vegas favoriteWhat is the total for the game?
Miami names Houston transfer DEriq King starting QB
CORAL GABLES, Fla. If Miami has a football season, DEriq King will be the Hurricanes starting quarterback. The Hurricanes made the announcement Monday that King, a redshirt senior transfer from Houston, will be the first-string quarterback when or if the season begins. DEriqs hard work both on and off the field has earned him the starting quarterback position, Diaz said. That date is in doubt, of course, because of the coronavirus pandemic and the effect it will have on college football schedules. ___More AP college football: http://apnews.com/Collegefootball and http://www.twitter.com/AP_Top25