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

High-school students would have to pass the FCAT and higher-level math and science courses to receive diplomas under a plan Republicans are pushing in the state House and Senate. ...more

March 18, 2009

Feagin Johnson Jr. quickly came to his 11th-grade daughter's aid when she needed help with homework from the first pages of her thick Algebra II textbook, but his fast response came with a warning. ...more

November 23, 2008

Alicia Schuering's soccer coach and her teachers have nothing but praise for the Hudson High sophomore. ...more

June 8, 2008

LAKE PLACID — The future is bright for Lake Placid High School valedictorian Yesica Hurtado and salutatorian Jessica Coury. The two young women laughed easily and enjoyed chatting together at the high school on Thursday. The slim difference for overall Grade Point Average between the two scholars was four one-hundredths of a single point. ...more

May 8, 2008

SEBRING — As students use computers more and more at school, 12-year-old Matthew Juve is using a computer for all his classes, but they are online courses and he no longer attends school this year. Matthew was already taking algebra II online through Stanford University and three other online classes through Florida Virtual School, so it didn't make sense for him to go to Sebring Middle School for one class, his mother, Diane Juve, said. ...more

December 3, 2007