The students who graduated from Simmons Career Center May 27 have good reason to be excited about their recent accomplishments, school officials said. ...more

June 10, 2009

Hillsborough County parents are looking at an array of expanded school options with eight new charter schools planning to open in August. ...more

November 14, 2008

Hillsborough parents are looking at an array of expanded school options with eight new charter schools planning to open in August. ...more

November 13, 2008

Some people have one career, Elton Gissendanner has several. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force Weather Service, the U.S. National Weather Service and the Georgia Air National Guard Weather Service. He graduated magna cum laude in 1955 as a doctor of veterinary medicine. He was twice the mayor of North Miami in the 1960s, he was a state representative for two years in-between mayoral terms, he worked on Gov. Bob Graham's staff from 1978-79, and directed the Florida Department of Natural Resources from 1979 to 1987. ...more

October 12, 2008

Our school superintendent announced that the county has received the first application for a charter school in years. ...more

August 15, 2008

According to a report released last month, Florida is the fifth worst state in the nation when it comes to graduating black males, trailing only Louisiana, South Carolina, Wisconsin and Michigan. Only 38 percent of black males in Florida graduate on time, according to the Schott Foundation for Public Education. ...more

August 3, 2008

A local nonprofit organization designed to help troubled teens break the cycle of drugs, fighting and dropping out of school is feeling the pain of state budget cuts. ...more

June 25, 2008

Black America has been on the march quite a bit lately. ...more

October 26, 2007

When it comes to our public schools, accountability is mandatory. That's why we have the FCAT here in Florida and the No Child Left Behind Act at the federal level. ...more

September 16, 2007