Education

Miami school district misused $6 million for driver’s ed programs, cars in horrible condition, report says

Miami-Dade County education officials misused $6 million intended for driver's education programs funded by traffic ticket fines that never went toward driving lessons at most of the schools it claimed taught such courses and failed to maintain a fleet of training cars that were found to be in horrendous conditions, including one that had served as an iguana nest, according to a report released earlier this month.

How much college debt should students and parents take on? Here’s how to figure it out.

Fifty-five percent of families said they plan to take out student loans this year, according to a recent survey by College Ave Student Loans, a provider of private student loans. Of those families, slightly more than half say they expect to borrow $10,000 to $40,000 in loans, while 23% say they plan to borrow $75,000 or more, according to the study.