As students throughout Florida settle into the new school year, the time has come for lawmakers and education policymakers to address the looming gifted education crisis. ...more

September 13, 2008

TAMPA The fiery explosion lifted the flaming car tire some 200 feet into the air. It was enough to make the students shudder. The boom came a second later and set car alarms off almost a quarter of a mile away. ...more

June 4, 2008

Mel Thomas scored 19 points and showed off her long-range game as Connecticut opened its second week as the No. 1 team in the nation by routing Army 82-33 on Monday. ...more

January 1, 2008

SEBRING — The Thomas B. Fordham Institute's study cited the following error in the current standards: a second-grader, for example, "... knows that a thermometer measures the amount of heat absorbed by an object." This is careless and false, the study stated: a thermometer measures temperature, or better, changes in temperature, not the amount of heat absorbed. ...more

December 16, 2007

Five Bayshore Christian players and three Tampa Prep players were selected to the Florida Sports Writers Association Class 1A and 2A All-State volleyball teams Thursday. ...more

December 14, 2007