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

June 10, 2009

In a gruesome budget year, who's first in line for the few spare dollars available - Florida's schoolchildren or its poorest and frailest residents? ...more

March 27, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - A playwright and possible spy gets into so much trouble he fakes his own death and goes into hiding, communicating with the outside world through plays and sonnets under a nobody's name who becomes world-renowned. ...more

March 4, 2009

A playwright and possible spy gets into so much trouble he fakes his own death and goes into hiding, communicating with the outside world through plays and sonnets under a nobody's name who becomes world-renowned. ...more

February 25, 2009

In Julie Giordano's government class, there are students who are deeply interested in politics. ...more

January 21, 2009

We put a lot on our kids during their final two years of high school, especially for those planning to continue their education. ...more

January 9, 2009

TAMPA Tampa's Plant High School has much to brag about, but it's a school in Polk County that made U.S. News & World Report's list of the top 100 high schools in the United States. The International Baccalaureate School at Bartow High School is rated No. 7 in the nation. The top high school in the country is Thomas Jefferson High School for Sciences and Technology in Alexandria, Va., according to the report. ...more

December 5, 2008

Next week, retired Gen. Tommy Franks will launch a lecture series for students and the public at a charter school backed by Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Derrick Brooks. Franks, former head of U.S. Central Command in Tampa and the man who led the American invasions of Afghanistan, will speak about 10 a.m. Dec. 3 at Brooks-DeBartolo Collegiate High School, 11602 N. 15th St., Tampa. ...more

November 26, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Are high school students more easily persuaded than teachers? Can women see hidden images in pictures better than men? Does sight or sound stand out more when watching a movie? ...more

November 26, 2008

Fretting about the economy and wondering how to make ends meet, some parents think they should protect their children from the bad news. ...more

November 23, 2008