Last spring, Florida lawmakers sought to ease the pressure the FCAT applied on public high schools by developing a more rounded appraisal of student performance. ...more

December 28, 2008

Last spring, Florida lawmakers sought to ease the pressure the FCAT applied on public high schools by developing a more rounded appraisal of student performance. ...more

December 27, 2008

Hillsborough schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia is donating $42,437 she received in performance bonuses this year to the Hillsborough Education Foundation. ...more

December 19, 2008

TAMPA Hillsborough County School Board members today will consider plugging part of what may be a $55 million budget shortfall by shutting down all district buildings one day a week next summer. District leaders say they can save as much as $1.5 million by keeping summer school and other facilities open just four days a week. The district knows it has to cut at least $26 million this fiscal year. But if Florida's governor and Legislature don't come up with more money for education and other services, Hillsborough schools may have to cut an additional $28.9 million. ...more

December 9, 2008

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

Now that they've expanded into nursing education, two for-profit colleges will be sending interns to shadow school nurses in Hillsborough County. ...more

December 9, 2008

TAMPA Now that they've expanded into nursing education, two for-profit colleges will be sending interns to shadow school nurses in Hillsborough County. About 30 to 50 students from Everest University and South University will do their community health work in Hillsborough schools just as students from the University of South Florida and the University of Tampa do, pending school board approval. ...more

December 8, 2008

Trans fats almost shut down a decades-old tradition in Hillsborough County schools. ...more

December 3, 2008

A venerable Ybor bakery that supplies Hillsborough schools staved off a New Jersey rival by finding a way to eliminate trans fats from its Cuban bread. ...more

December 2, 2008

Some members of this year's senior class will have to delay starting college or work because of state cost-cutting efforts. ...more

November 13, 2008