Florida high school staff are in line to become detectives, tracking down and verifying every student leaving their school. ...more

June 18, 2008

Over the next couple of weeks, 28 public and more than a dozen private high-school graduation ceremonies are scheduled across Hillsborough County. ...more

May 28, 2008

Over the next couple of weeks, 28 public and more than a dozen private high school graduation ceremonies are scheduled across Hillsborough County. ...more

May 28, 2008

With graduation looming, officials are hoping efforts to boost high school graduation rates will pay off in the numbers. ...more

May 22, 2008

Florida has a reputation for providing higher education on the cheap. ...more

February 3, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - Florida's schools ranked 14th nationally with a grade of C-plus on a report card issued Wednesday by Education Week magazine, although the state placed 38th in public education spending. ...more

January 9, 2008

By JESSICA BLAIR
The Suncoast News ...more

December 12, 2007

As William Barnes and others chatted one day on the campus of Pasco-Hernando Community College, a man approached with a proposition that proved life altering for Barnes. ...more

December 9, 2007

The Tampa Tribune's recent editorial "Dropout Rate Might Improve If Schools Measured It Precisely" (Our Opinion, Nov. 28), which discusses Florida dropout and graduation rates, uses a flawed report from Johns Hopkins University as the basis for many of its claims. ...more

December 5, 2007

Hillsborough County schools' graduation rate increased nearly 2 percentage points in 2006-07 over the previous school year with a slight improvement in the dropout rate, the state reported Friday. ...more

December 1, 2007