Florida is linking its application for $700 million in federal education grant money to the adoption of local merit pay plans, which have been unpopular among teachers in the past although that could be changing. ...more

December 12, 2009

Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith will share a stage today with the person who must decide whether Florida will qualify for as much as $2.2 billion in education-related stimulus funds. ...more

March 10, 2009

State spending would grow and property taxes drop under a new budget proposal from Gov. Charlie Crist that relies heavily on a handout from the federal government. ...more

February 21, 2009

Sallie Mae's planned $2.5 billion stock sale doesn't answer all of Wall Street's questions about the struggling student lender's future. ...more

December 28, 2007

Terrace Community Middle School welcomed a state politician, a federal education leader, a school board member and a mayor. ...more

November 14, 2007

A collection of the community came out to the school Thursday to watch Terrace Community earn the No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Award. The award is the highest honor a school can receive. Terrace was one of 287 to receive the award this year, and the only site in the Tampa Bay Area. ...more

November 8, 2007

Raising achievement for all students and closing achievement gaps between economically disadvantaged students, students of color and their peers must be the No. 1 priority in our nation. ...more

October 19, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - With Congress poised to reauthorize the federal No Child Left Behind Act, educators and parents in Pasco County say they want to see changes that better reflect the realities they encounter in the classrooms. ...more

September 14, 2007