Where in the United States was your teacher born? Lake Placid Elementary students are learning social studies in a unique way. ...more

May 8, 2009

Tim Binder is proud to be a product of the Hillsborough County School District and of parents who are longtime teachers in the system. ...more

March 18, 2009

Otis Anthony has dedicated his life to improving conditions for the black community in Tampa. One of his many contributions is a collection of oral histories, articles and transcripts that he gathered in the 1970s and has since donated to the University of South Florida for preservation. The following are excerpts from an interview he did with G.V. Stewart, a black educator in Tampa before and after integration. ...more

February 7, 2009

The University of Florida will celebrate its latest national football championship on Sunday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville. ...more

January 9, 2009

Lance Maulsby, an 8-year-old history buff, requested a meeting with Mayor Pam Iorio, and on Nov. 5 was granted his request. Iorio chatted with the Academy of the Holy Names third-grader about politics, social studies and history as well as the Tampa Bay Rays, Buccaneers and Lightning. Maulsby has memorized facts regarding past wars and was able to engage the mayor during their brief visit in her downtown office. ...more

December 3, 2008

Hillsborough's 191,000 students will soon carry voter identification cards and cast presidential ballots on their school computers. ...more

October 20, 2008

St. Mary's Episcopal Day School welcomed eight new teachers to its faculty this year. Together, they bring more than 50 years of experience in elementary and middle school education. They are: Whitney Shepherd, prekindergarten; Ellen Lauterbach, kindergarten; Elizabeth Yarnold, kindergarten; Anne Bruckner, second grade; Randy Hall, physical education; Linda Boza, middle school social studies; Andrea Cardenas, sixth-grade language arts; and Justin Stoddard, technology. Stoddard is a St. Mary's graduate. ...more

September 24, 2008

Lake Placid Middle School media specialist Nancye Starkey received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities that will make it possible for teachers and students to have access to 40 high-quality modern American art reproductions. ...more

September 19, 2008

Wharton High School's Edward Bujarski is the ProStart Florida Culinary Teacher of the Year. ...more

September 18, 2008

The search for the next Gulf boys basketball coach will last at least one more week. ...more

August 8, 2008