The State Board of Education proposed an increase Tuesday of nearly $1.2 billion in spending for Florida's public schools and community colleges in the next budget year. ...more

August 20, 2008

If there is one term I am sick to death of already this political season, it is "flip-flop." In the era of "gotcha" politics, changing your mind has become synonymous with incompetence and is the worst "sin" a candidate could commit. Just like a second-grader insisting a classmate has "cooties," one side is always accusing the other of "flip-flopping on the issues." ...more

July 19, 2008

A pesar de una década de reforma educativa, miles de estudiantes de escuela secundaria en la Florida no leen lo suficientemente bien para sobrevivir en la fuerza laboral. ...more

July 1, 2008

Despite a decade of education reform, tens of thousands of Florida's high school students don't read well enough to survive in the work force. ...more

July 1, 2008

If you come up short paying for college, go back to the school's financial aid office to ask for more. ...more

June 15, 2008

Regarding "Community Colleges Shed Names, Turn From Original Mission" (Our Opinion, June 8): ...more

June 15, 2008

Many of Florida's community colleges are losing an important part of their identity as they become more concerned with offering four-year college degrees than meeting community needs. Pushed by lawmakers who want to do higher education on the cheap, the transition may cause community colleges to neglect their core mission. Editorial, Page 2. ...more

June 8, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Graduating seniors are finding that admission to a state university is getting tougher as budget cuts force the four-year colleges to reduce or limit enrollment. "We know of many students who had planned to or intended to go to one of the universities, who because of their [admission] restrictions, are coming here first," South Florida Community College President Norman L. Stephens Jr. said Monday. The University of South Florida will freeze its freshmen enrollment at this year's level – 3,700. The Tampa university plans to reduce class offerings and increase class sizes. The University of Florida will cut its undergraduate enrollment by 1,000 students a year for the next four years. ...more

June 2, 2008

Some of the nation's biggest banks have closed their doors to students at community colleges, for-profit universities and other less competitive institutions, even as they continue to extend federally backed loans to students at top universities. ...more

June 2, 2008

SEBRING — Start reading and listening, because there's a lot to learn before November. So far, nine state questions have been approved for the Nov. 4 ballot, which will also decide who will be the next president, congressman, state representatives and state senator. So get ready for a cluttered ballot. "There's always confusion on constitutional amendments," said Jennifer Davis, communications director, the Florida Department of State. And get ready for the hype, because voters will decide on gay marriage and whether illegal aliens can own land. ...more

May 17, 2008