This will be the last What Works column. I reserve the right to report occasionally on any program I run across that shows results in saving the lives and futures of African-American kids. But this is the last in the series I started 19 months ago to spotlight such programs. ...more

July 22, 2008

It has been a decade since Florida started the controversial practice of grading schools and Tuesday's release of school grades from the Florida Department of Education added a celebratory note to the milestone. The results indicate that school accountability is doing just what it was intended to do: revealing what progress is - and is not occurring - in our schools. ...more

July 9, 2008

BROOKSVILLE BUSINESSES OPTING FOR NATURAL GAS ...more

June 14, 2008

Alicia Schuering's soccer coach and her teachers have nothing but praise for the Hudson High sophomore. ...more

June 8, 2008

I don't own a dog, but I've listened to all the stories that dog owners tell. The kids plead for a puppy, go wild when it arrives, and after a while, they discover the mutt only eats and sleeps, leaving them with the job of cleaning up after it. ...more

June 7, 2008

ALL-COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS Nine first-time all-stars dot All-County list highlighted by a record nine Navigators including POY and COY. ...more

June 5, 2008

Some Witter Elementary students rode to lunch in style last week in celebration of their FCAT scores. ...more

May 31, 2008

As the man they call "King Richard" prepares to leave his kingdom, his subjects sent him off with praise and prose befitting royalty. ...more

May 28, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - Some Witter Elementary students rode to lunch in style last week in celebration of their FCAT scores. Sixty-five students were treated to a limousine ride and lunch at the Golden Corral as part of the school's Four or More Club. Students who scored a 4 or 5, the highest scores possible, on the writing portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test are part of the club. ...more

May 27, 2008

TAMPA PALMS - As the man they call King Richard prepares to leave his kingdom, his subjects sent him off with praise and prose befitting royalty. Friends, co-workers and students gathered at a retirement reception Thursday, May 22, for Richard Bartels, principal of Freedom High. Bartels will retire from the school district in June after 35 years. ...more

May 22, 2008