With the reading, math and science portions of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test looming, many students and parents are likely to feel a little stressed out. ...more

March 7, 2009

With the reading, mathematics and science portions of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test still looming, many students and parents are likely to feel a little stressed out. ...more

February 25, 2009

If Florida's college-bound students haven't thought much about the SAT writing test, they had better start soon: the University of South Florida and others are paying more attention to their scores. ...more

September 28, 2008

You can choose a sandwich and salad most days in the cafeteria at Boca Ciega High School, but never anything like this. ...more

September 3, 2008

As a reward for scoring a 5 on some portion of the FCAT test in the spring, 60 juniors and sophomores from Boca Ciega High School boarded a small convoy of limousines for a trip to Columbia Restaurant at The Pier in St. Petersburg, where they ate Cuban sandwiches and the restaurant's signature 1905 salad. ...more

September 2, 2008

More Hillsborough County third-graders are reading and performing math on grade level than last year, with some schools making double-digit leaps in the percentage of children considered proficient. ...more

May 22, 2008