The state Board of Education voted Tuesday to add evolution to Florida's standards for teaching science to K-12 students, but defined it as a "scientific theory," a compromise that did little to appease opponents of the plan. ...more

February 20, 2008

Hillsborough County high school students want to turn their cell phones on during lunch, take more online classes and paint classroom walls more scintillating colors. ...more

January 30, 2008

The Durant Cougar girls soccer team's season ended in the District 6A-8 semifinals with a 2-1 loss to Sarasota Riverview. ...more

January 26, 2008

Hillsborough County School Board members voted Tuesday to take a united stand against Amendment 1, the proposal being pushed by Gov. Charlie Crist as tax relief for property owners. ...more

January 23, 2008

Hudson midfielder Lindsay Zullo stole Zephyrhills' first pass, out-ran the defense and scored her first of two goals 14 seconds into Thursday's Class 4A-District 8 quarterfinal, leading the top-seeded Cobras to a 4-0 victory and a berth in tonight's final at Nature Coast High. ...more

January 18, 2008

A committee of parents, teachers and students at Armwood High School voted unanimously Wednesday to keep a book in its media center after it was challenged by a parent who objected to an explicit passage. ...more

January 9, 2008

Hillsborough County School Board members continued to question their process of awarding contracts Tuesday while approving two they had placed on hold. ...more

December 19, 2007

Not all teenagers are reading "Harry Potter." The Hillsborough County School Board discovered that at Tuesday's board meeting, when a mother read a graphic passage from a book her daughter checked out of her high school library. ...more

December 13, 2007

Despite three votes by Hillsborough County School Board members to reconsider a $54,000 consultant contract to write a district wellness policy, the issue died Tuesday when four board members voted not to put it back on the agenda in December. ...more

November 21, 2007

Some school boards are known for shouting, table pounding and discord. For years, the Hillsborough County School Board was not. ...more

November 13, 2007