The real secretary of education, the joke goes, is Bill Gates. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been the biggest player by far in the school reform movement, spending about $200 million a year on grants to elementary and secondary education. ...more

November 1, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The real secretary of education, the joke goes, is Bill Gates. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been the biggest player by far in the school reform movement, spending around $200 million a year on grants to elementary and secondary education. ...more

October 26, 2009

With U.S. students lagging behind their counterparts in some countries, local educators are turning to Singapore to shake up math curriculums. ...more

October 26, 2009

It may be harder for the class of 2014 to graduate from high school. A bill approved Tuesday by the House Prekindergarten-12 Appropriations Committee will require more advanced math and science classes and a higher grade on the state's standardized test. ...more

March 24, 2009

The Horrors Of FCAT At least this year my son didn't throw up before he walked through the gates of school to face the FCAT. But he lay awake nights, worrying. ...more

March 22, 2009

In 2007, a teenager finishing up classes at Powell Middle School was withdrawn from public school. ...more

February 20, 2009

Justifiably, our greatest local expense and concern is the education of our children. We rejoice with successes and are concerned about failures. The problem always has been and always will be in diagnosing failure causes. ...more

September 4, 2008

The Democratic primary for Senate District 11 pits a college student against a Vietnam War veteran old enough to be his opponent's father. ...more

August 4, 2008

Florida schools that rally, drill and otherwise throw themselves into an FCAT frenzy may have to exercise more control, now that new test-prep restrictions have become law. ...more

July 20, 2008

LAND O'LAKES -- The test scores are in, and Pasco County public schools have once again made the grade. Results of the 2007-08 school year's Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test were released Tuesday. Every school in the state gets a letter grade based on the standardized test, which is given in the spring. ...more

July 12, 2008