Teacher Vic Nieves surveyed the scene in his classroom at Brandon High, where a dozen students - revved up and raring to race - swarmed around a 9-foot-long electric dragster suspended on a lift. ...more

March 4, 2009

Teacher Vic Nieves surveyed the scene in his classroom at Brandon High, where a dozen students —revved up and raring to race — swarmed around a 9-foot-long electric dragster suspended on a lift. ...more

February 26, 2009

The latest job being added to the "working from home" list is teacher intern. With the number of students taking online classes growing, it made sense to University of Central Florida and Florida Virtual School officials to have new teachers practice in the virtual world. ...more

January 19, 2009

The region is abuzz about two college football polls that rank the University of South Florida Bulls among the nation's best teams. ...more

August 29, 2008

SPRING HILL ENGINEER LOOKS TO KEEP VALUES ON PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ...more

August 14, 2008

Draper Laboratory made it official today. The Massachusetts-based research corporation announced that it will open an estimated $20 million research center at the University of South Florida in Tampa and a microchip manufacturing facility in St. Petersburg. ...more

July 28, 2008

Hillsborough High School junior DeAnna Marshall hasn't quite adjusted to her role as history-maker. Maybe that will sink in years from now, when she sees her creation fluttering in front of the school. ...more

May 23, 2008

Florida has a reputation for providing higher education on the cheap. ...more

February 3, 2008

Chris Stein is a year out of high school now and still waiting for his big break. ...more

January 18, 2008

At 19, Chris Stein is now a year out of high school and has yet to get his big break as a singer. While a senior at River Ridge, it looked as if the dream would materialize. ...more

December 12, 2007