Recession or no recession, a new poll by Quinnipiac University suggests a majority of Floridians feel their personal finances are in good shape. ...more

November 19, 2008

A charter school for Hernando County's dropouts was shot down by the school board Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

Justifiably, our greatest local expense and concern is the education of our children. We rejoice with successes and are concerned about failures. The problem always has been and always will be in diagnosing failure causes. ...more

September 4, 2008

Principal Sheryl Marceaux is opening a new elementary school for the second time in a decade. ...more

August 13, 2008

Principal Kim Pietsch is excited to be back at Chiles Elementary, where she was an assistant principal from 2001 to 2005. ...more

August 13, 2008

Many Just Don't Care Regarding "3 Area Schools Targeted For Closing" (front page, July 30): ...more

August 8, 2008

"G'day, mates," Darren Liebman hollered as he picked up a didgeridoo. "G'day, mates," the students screamed back. ...more

August 4, 2008

School Choice? What A Joke! ...more

August 1, 2008

As I plugged away, posting strike after strike en route to a lofty first-game total of 241, a thought occurred to me: why is this so easy? ...more

July 20, 2008

TAMPA - Florida's unemployment rate surged in May to 5.5 percent, its highest rate since January 2003. ...more

June 20, 2008