AVON PARK — Individualized Study Services sounds like an educational plan tailored for the particular student. In a way that is exactly what it is, but years ago ISS was short for In School Suspension. So as that former name implies, it's a program for students with disciplinary problems that are not serious enough to merit an Out of School Suspension or, at the secondary level, assignment to The Academy at Youth Care Lane alternative program. But at the elementary level some schools, such as Lake Country Elementary, don't have ISS. ...more

November 26, 2007

If you're reading this, you've got good reading habits. But your teenager, now that's a different story. ...more

November 25, 2007

D.G. Murray of New Port Richey says education critical in boosting Pasco County recycling. ...more

November 7, 2007

Bush administration officials are considering granting Guantanamo detainees substantially greater rights as part of an effort to close the detention center and possibly move much of its population to the United States, according to officials involved in the discussions. ...more

November 4, 2007

Highlands County Teen Court provides an education that can't be found in the classroom. On top of that, it's a highly effective way to deal with misdemeanor crimes. It's a positive experience for everyone. ...more

October 24, 2007

Everybody has one of these games in them. There's just one problem with that. When you're in the situation the Bucs are in, you can't afford to have one of these games. ...more

October 21, 2007

The number of whooping cough cases in the United States has been creeping up, and that has health experts such as Tampa pediatrician Philip Adler concerned. He had whooping cough as a child and remembers how miserable it made him feel. He also remembers the time when hundreds of kids in his small Connecticut town who had whooping cough were rounded up and walked down to the local gas works. "They had us march around [and] breathe deeply, the methane gas seeping out of the gas works," Adler says. Town health officials hoped it would be therapeutic in some way. "They didn't know what to do about it, so they gassed us." ...more

October 18, 2007

Nearly eight weeks into the school year, a pilot program in south Hillsborough designed to eliminate late school buses and become more efficient has flopped in both regards. ...more

October 4, 2007

TAMPA - Nearly eight weeks into the school year, a pilot program in south Hillsborough designed to eliminate late school buses and become more efficient has flopped in both regards. ...more

October 3, 2007

CORAL GABLES - Wide receiver Sam Shields was held out against Duke by Coach Randy Shannon.

"It was tough, but I had to deal with my consequences and cheer on who was playing," Shields said.

October 3, 2007