Hillsborough County schools have won a $2.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for research on what makes teachers effective and students more successful. ...more

October 21, 2009

Mary Epperson's feet were back on the ground but her head was still up in the clouds as she stood before her students Monday at Hudson Middle School. Less than 24 hours earlier she had experienced something that until just a few years ago had only been known to astronauts and few others, the feeling of floating virtually weightless in the air, and she did it without having to go into orbit. ...more

December 17, 2008

Florida schools that rally, drill and otherwise throw themselves into an FCAT frenzy may have to exercise more control, now that new test-prep restrictions have become law. ...more

July 20, 2008

Support Staff Mandatory In response to former state Rep. Sandra Murman's article "Making The Best Of Bad Times" (Other Views, April 26), I find her argument regarding the allocation of school resources flawed. She claims that "not every dollar spent on education has the same impact on student achievement." She further states that money spent on transportation, student nutrition or maintenance, for example, does not have the same impact on student's learning as buying a science book would have. ...more

May 5, 2008

It's that magical time of year again, when teachers cram repetitive curriculum into young, impressionable minds and students cringe at the mention of four little letters. Ah, it's FCAT season. ...more

February 15, 2008

SEBRING — For 66-year-old Mark Manley, Monday night was the first time since 1960 – when he graduated – that the bass drummer stepped foot into a high school. Manley was preparing for a joint Christmas concert with about 40 members of the Highlands County Concert Band and 40 Sebring High School musicians. "The students enjoy music and performing – it's their spirit and enthusiasm for music," said Manley. "They want to show what they can do." It was difficult to hear the voice of concert band director Vic Anderson between tunes, during what he said was a "chaotic scene," but when the instruments were raised, the high school band room turned into a winter wonderland. "The kids are better behaved than the adults," said Anderson. "The adults act like junior high kids. The adults are all talking and the children are all listening." ...more

December 7, 2007

A Hillsborough schools committee is proposing moving semester exams to a week after winter break in 2009-10. ...more

November 9, 2007

An e-mail by district officials to school board members Friday laid out a series of possible solutions to the chronic problem of tardy buses delivering students late to south Hillsborough County schools. ...more

October 6, 2007