The Tampa Tribune had a front-page story Oct. 22 about the large number of college students who fail mandatory math classes. The numbers are alarming because the cost to students and our universities for this failure is high. There is a better way to handle this. ...more

October 23, 2009

Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a teenager whom they say ran from a deputy Tuesday afternoon and forced a lockdown at three Pinellas County schools. ...more

September 22, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) - Officials from Florida's public universities across the state are preparing for disaster - just in case. ...more

August 2, 2009

In my more than 30 years' experience as a school administrator from another state, I have determined the common denominator with bullying. ...more

May 23, 2009

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says the Connecticut School of Broadcasting has agreed to resume classes for 400 students across the country so they can finish their coursework. ...more

March 19, 2009

Five Pinellas County elementary schools will close at the end of the current term and four middle schools will combine into two, school officials decided Tuesday. ...more

January 14, 2009

Pinellas County school officials this morning are expected to discuss and likely vote on unpopular cuts to their budget for the 2009-2010 school year. Faced with a need to slash $69 million to $82 million, they have acknowledged drastic action is the only way to balance the financial numbers. ...more

January 13, 2009

At some point during a contentious night, Coleman Middle School Principal Michael Hoskinson said, "My job is to look at the opportunity, the good, the bad and the ugly." ...more

January 11, 2009

Principal Michael Hoskinson sent out a ParentLink phone message to Coleman Middle School parents saying there would be no cell phone tower erected on the school's campus. ...more

January 9, 2009

University of South Florida students celebrate their graduations on USF's four campuses, in Tampa, Lakeland, Sarasota and St. Petersburg, today, Sunday and Monday. Though the fall commencement exercises are typically smaller than the spring's, this year brings several firsts: ...more

December 13, 2008