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Editorial: For abuse at Florida’s Dozier school, no sum — not even $20 million — can compensate

In 2011, the Dozier school was shuttered — after 111 years of operation. There will be safeguards for handing out the money, assuming this measure is finally approved. read more

Relief for Dozier School victims

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Florida Legislature OKs $20 million fund to compensate victims at Dozier School for Boys

The measure (HB 21), which passed the House last week, creates the Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Program. Its aim: To compensate those still living who were held at the ... read more

State compensation for Dozier victims ready for floor votes in Florida legislature

Survivors of the atrocities committed at the Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee campus have tirelessly fought for accountability since 2005. The proposed legislation, which cleared its final ... read more

Middle school can be tough for girls. Here's what IPS is doing to empower these students

All seven of IPS's middle schools will see programming designed to help empower young girls as part of the district's partnership with Girls Inc. read more

DOZIER SCHOOL FOR BOYS

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Legislation seeking to put in place a means of providing restitution for victims of the infamous Dozier School for Boys in Marianna has hit a snag in both chambers. read more

Middle school student repeatedly punches girl in front of cheering kids in brutal on-camera beatdown

A Florida middle school student has been caught on camera knocking a classmate to the floor before savagely pummeling her in the head in front of hordes of cheering kids. The violent beatdown ... read more

South Dale Middle School recognized as Alabama Purple Star School

PINCKARD, Ala. (WTVY) - South Dale Middle School in Pinckard is being recognized as an Alabama Purple Star School. This designation is for schools in the state that address challenges for military ... read more

Lawsuit: Black high school student used as 'target practice' for tennis team in Horry County

A federal lawsuit filed against Horry County Schools claims a Black high school student left school amid allegations of racial discrimination. Documents show Crystal Dozier filed the suit on March ... read more

New fence surrounding Waynesville Middle School aimed at security

A quarter-mile long fence will soon surround Middle School in an effort to provide additional security for students. "Having been principal there previously, I think, in a sense, it would put me at ... read more

Darian Dozier

Darian Dozier is a freelance writer and blogger from Kansas City, Kansas. She is the owner of Melanated and Meducated, a medical school admissions toolkit and overall health and wellness blog. read more

Motown songwriter-producer Lamont Dozier dead at 81

NEW YORK (AP) — Lamont Dozier, the middle name of the celebrated Holland ... church and his love for words was affirmed by a grade school teacher who, he recalled, liked one of his poems so ... read more