Savon Williams, 14, practiced his speech standing at the podium at The Church of Heaven's Harvest in Temple Terrace. His father, Ray, who is the church's pastor, worked with Savon to make sure he had the words just right for an anticipated audience of nearly 3,000 educators. ...more

July 9, 2008

Hernando High Among Schools With All-New Leadership ...more

July 4, 2008

Local administrators and teachers celebrated Tuesday with the release of the last batch of the district's Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores, which show significant gains since last year at several area schools. ...more

June 11, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County's Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores constantly trailed the state scores released Tuesday by the Florida Department of Education. Except for a few high points at individual schools at the elementary and middle school levels, the percentages of students performing on or above grade level on the math, reading and science FCAT were lower than the state-wide percentages. Statewide, 38 percent of the 10th-graders scored on or above grade level on FCAT reading, compared to only 30 percent in Highlands County and only 25 percent at Avon Park High School. On the 10th-grade math FCAT statewide 69 percent scored on or above grade level compared to only 62 percent in Highlands County and 49 percent at Avon Park High School. ...more

June 10, 2008

Beginning in August, Hillsborough County school students will have to keep their cell phones and other electronic devices out of sight or have them confiscated, school board members decided Friday. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA - Beginning in August, Hillsborough County school students will have to keep their cell phones and other electronic devices out of sight or have them confiscated, school board members decided today. The plan still needs a formal vote. ...more

June 6, 2008

More Hillsborough County third-graders are reading and performing math on grade level than last year, with some schools making double-digit leaps in the percentage of children considered proficient. ...more

May 22, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Students and teachers at Cox Elementary in Dade City tried new strategies to improve test scores this year as the school faces possible sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. ...more

May 9, 2008

Doesn't Belong In School Regarding "Chastity Is The Ideal, But School Sex Ed Must Recognize Reality" (Our Opinion, Jan. 2): ...more

January 9, 2008

Leave it to lawmakers to try to ruin a smart state program that rewards Florida's most committed teachers. ...more

January 5, 2008