The board of the Hillsborough County teachers union has unanimously picked its new leader now that its long-serving executive director is retiring. Nicholas Whitman, who has led unions throughout the Midwest and Northeast, will take over the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association in August. ...more

June 22, 2009

Hoping for relief from the state, the Hillsborough County teachers union asked school administrators Thursday to delay decisions that could mean lost wages or lost jobs for hundreds of veteran teachers. ...more

March 20, 2009

Hoping for relief from the state, the Hillsborough County teachers union asked school administrators today to delay decisions that could mean lost wages or lost jobs for hundreds of veteran teachers. ...more

March 19, 2009

The public lexicon is changing as the economic downturn lingers. Phrases such as "stimulus package," "bankruptcy cram-down" and "mortgage modification" weren't in vogue a year ago. Now there's another newly familiar phrase: "forced furlough." ...more

March 14, 2009

The public lexicon is changing as the economic downturn lingers. ...more

March 12, 2009

Florida leads all states again this year in adding National Board-certified teachers - 1,826 - to its ranks and remains second overall nationally. ...more

December 9, 2008

Hillsborough County teachers need more time for planning and may get it by the end of this month. The school district is considering a plan to release students from schools early one day every month. ...more

October 2, 2008

Dawn Firestine patiently waited as cameras clicked, hairdressers teased and a tailor stitched. A few feet away stood a photo set with a seamless white background, plastic props, including a silver globe, and a couple of sparkling vases filled with red delicious and green Granny Smith apples. ...more

September 9, 2008

Dawn Firestine patiently waited as cameras clicked, hairdressers teased and a tailor stitched. A few feet away stood a photo set with a seamless white background, plastic props, including a silver globe, and a couple of sparkling vases filled with red delicious and green Granny Smith apples. She and two other Hillsborough County teachers, Katie Bullock of Lowry Elementary and Catherine Davis from Shaw Elementary, were nominated by peers, students, family and parents for the special pampering. ...more

September 8, 2008

After 40 years in the classroom, Erna Frazier is ready to retire Thursday. But you would never know it watching her with her students. ...more

June 4, 2008