Only the richest and smartest students will get Bright Futures scholarships if lawmakers keep cutting them, says a lawmaker who wants to overhaul the 13-year-old program. ...more

March 21, 2010

The University of South Florida can expect "a sizeable payment" from the licensing of a new anti-depressant drug it has been developing for 10 years, the school told state higher education leaders today. ...more

December 3, 2009

I was only half-listening as my wife rambled on about her day in the classroom. She's a good teacher - a very good teacher - but she cares too much about her third-grade students. At night it makes it difficult to get in a few words about my job. ...more

November 15, 2009

Florida's senators would spare schools from much of the cuts they feared but would force conditions that education leaders call too heavy-handed. ...more

April 1, 2009

Teachers who stay at the USF Patel Charter School will get some extra cash this year. ...more

February 20, 2008

The grit and independence that drew Hillsborough County School Board members to hire Superintendent MaryEllen Elia two years ago is wearing thin. ...more

November 13, 2007

The debate this fall over how to bankroll Florida's public universities has dealt mostly with raising tuition and new fees. But universities also got a little-noticed new source of money meant to boost their abysmally low graduation rates. ...more

November 5, 2007

Rates for Florida's popular college savings plan are going up as much as 15 percent this year, the largest such increase since 2003. ...more

October 15, 2007

Rates for Florida's popular college savings plan are going up as much as 15 percent this year, the largest such increase since 2003. ...more

October 14, 2007