TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Families new to Florida schools can get free physicals and immunizations for children before school starts. ...more

August 12, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Families new to Florida schools can get free physicals and immunizations for children before school starts. ...more

August 12, 2009

Three Tampa schools made the top 100 of Newsweek magazine's best public high schools. ...more

June 10, 2009

If the first day of spring wasn't cause enough to celebrate, students at Cimino Elementary School were given two more reasons to rejoice. ...more

March 29, 2009

State Sen Steve Wise, R-Jacksonville has quietly filed legislation that would change the way Florida schools teach Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. And though it has yet to have its first hearing, the bill has the science community is up in arms. ...more

March 27, 2009

The state Board of Education on Tuesday approved rescue plans for three Hillsborough County schools that could shake up the faculty and staff if they fail to improve. ...more

March 18, 2009

In 2002, when 52 percent of Florida voters cast ballots in favor of a constitutional amendment to reduce class size, they gave Florida schools a mandate to teach students in smaller classes. Since then, the Legislature has honored the will of voters by dedicating $13 billion needed for new classroom construction and hiring new teachers. ...more

March 11, 2009

After meeting for a year, a group that advises the Hillsborough County schools superintendent has come up with some ideas to meet the demands of Florida's stringent class-size law. ...more

March 5, 2009

For Florida schools, the inauguration gave teachers a chance to guide their students toward a particularly important event in the nation's history. ...more

January 21, 2009

According to Education Week magazine, Florida offers its young people an above-average public education while not spending as much on schools as most other states. We call that a bargain. ...more

January 10, 2009