Boys. Yuck. They are noisy, attention-grabbing and make you feel dumb if you ask a question. ...more

January 2, 2008

Facing a growing budget crunch, lawmakers are beginning to question a $70 million annual program that pays 10 percent bonuses to teachers who earn certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. ...more

December 17, 2007

SEBRING — The Thomas B. Fordham Institute's study cited the following error in the current standards: a second-grader, for example, "... knows that a thermometer measures the amount of heat absorbed by an object." This is careless and false, the study stated: a thermometer measures temperature, or better, changes in temperature, not the amount of heat absorbed. ...more

December 16, 2007

The School District of Hillsborough County would like us to believe that the reason our elementary students are struggling to master foundational math skills has more to do with teachers' deficiencies than with those found in Voyages, a program written by Hillsborough County School District employees. We don't buy it. ...more

October 10, 2007

•A study out of Temple University says that prenatal smoking does not hurt kids' test scores. Isn't that amazing? I had no idea that kids were smoking in the womb. ...more

October 2, 2007

Highlands County is among 14 districts opting not to participate in the new state teacher merit pay plan. ...more

September 20, 2007