With the Hernando County School Board's recent decision to place the district's future centralized gifted education center at Explorer K-8 — the new, 2,100-student school set to open this August off Northcliffe Boulevard — local officials are banking on the county becoming home to a premier educational program for students with higher-than-average IQs. ...more

February 11, 2008

Gifted education is set to change considerably for students in Hernando County. With the Hernando County School Board's decision Tuesday to place the district's future gifted education center at Spring Hill's Explorer K-8, the new, 2,100-student school set to open this August off Northcliffe Boulevard, there is much to be learned about the gifted program itself. ...more

February 7, 2008

This year, the theme at Riverview's Summerfield Elementary School is growing young learners. ...more

January 29, 2008

David W. Lee grew up in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. But he didn't learn much about his country's culture until moving to America in 1988 to attend Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg. ...more

December 26, 2007

David W. Lee grew up in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. But he didn't learn much about his country's culture until moving to America in 1988 to attend Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg. ...more

December 26, 2007

After months of struggling in the red zone, the city finally has scored. ...more

December 22, 2007

When I was a youngster, there was a saying that we loved to recite, and it went something like this: "Never judge a book by its cover because you may miss out on some good reading." That is the way I feel about the history of black schools in Pasco County, because you could easily be misled into thinking they were not up to par. Compared to instruction today, I would have to beg your pardon. ...more

December 9, 2007

Content with the site plan they approved this year, most city council members had their sights set on sealing the deal soon on a redevelopment project that has been in the works for almost a decade. ...more

November 26, 2007

If the deal is going to get done, members of the city council want it sooner rather than later. ...more

November 10, 2007

SEBRING – As he was lugging a projector, flip-chart easel and books from a class for entrepreneurs at South Florida Community College to his car, Bill McKown was lamenting how it would be nice to have the classroom close by. McKown, a certified business analyst with the Small Business Development Center of the Heartland, said he was thinking about the convenience of being able to stay in one location and "not have to lug stuff around." "The logistics would be so much simpler," he said. McKown is lamenting no more, as he and Bob Raymond, who is also a certified business analyst at the center, will be moving their business counseling operation from the Heartland Workforce One-Stop Career Center in Sebring to the college's Avon Park campus next month. ...more

October 21, 2007