Questions and answers about the new curriculum ...more

March 6, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Four Pasco County high schools plan to raise the academic bar for high-performing students by replacing some honors classes with more challenging Advanced Placement courses in 2009-10. ...more

February 12, 2009

About Advanced Placement Classes ...more

November 3, 2008

Here is a list of AP courses and languages planned for Hillsborough high schools in 2008-09: ...more

August 1, 2008

Hillsborough County public schools have adopted a new program designed to better prepare students for college by directing them into more Advanced Placement classes and teaching them higher-order thinking skills. ...more

August 1, 2008

It used to be that a 4.0 grade-point average was considered a perfect "A," but the numbers posted by some recent Hillsborough high school graduates have been positively stratospheric - including the county's top GPA of 8.68 earned by a student at King High School who was this year's numbers leader. ...more

June 14, 2008

It has been widely thought that Hillsborough County School Superintendent MaryEllen Elia's contract gives her a hefty bonus for student achievement. She earned a $37,620 bonus this year alone, but look close and you will see it is only partly grounded in student gains. ...more

January 18, 2008