Seventh-grader Tiana Britt thrives on challenges. Her classmate Angel Kennedy is turned on by the practical approach to learning. ...more

October 15, 2008

From business to ballet, classrooms at the University of South Florida filled to capacity Monday with students returning for the start of the fall semester. ...more

August 26, 2008

SEBRING — The School Board of Highlands County decided Tuesday to go ahead with the Career Academy, a technical trade/academic program for students, that will work out of South Florida Community College. Superintendent Wally Cox and other school officials had recommended delaying the program until the 2009-10 school year due to budget concerns and a low number of applicants. In the end, the school board decided that waiting another year was pointless. "The program won't be stronger by delaying it a year," said school board member Wally Randall. "It won't be easier to start next year. With momentum, it will be a success." ...more

May 20, 2008

When asked the other day about the University of South Florida football team's rapid rise to a national top 10 ranking, University of Alabama coach Nick Saban responded to the Birmingham News saying that USF had players that weren't academically good enough to play at Florida or Florida State. ...more

October 4, 2007