At Simmons Career Center, 79 teenagers who at one time were considered at risk of dropping out of high school will receive diplomas in a ceremony today. ...more

May 27, 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

When J.D. Floyd K-8 Principal Joe Clifford talks about the value of assessment teachers, he often comes back to "Young Joe." ...more

March 19, 2009

Say they are vital to student success. ...more

March 18, 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

Did you change all 28 of your clocks and other timed devices, even the watch in your drawer that you only wear on special occasions and the clock in the spare bedroom that you only go in when guests are coming? ...more

March 14, 2009

Schild Real Estate Services owner Nancy Schild labeled the experience "invaluable." ...more

March 11, 2009

When the news of Hernando's school grades hit last July, cheers rang out throughout the county in celebration of A and B grades that helped earn the district's overall A. ...more

March 10, 2009

With the reading, math and science portions of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test looming, many students and parents are likely to feel a little stressed out. ...more

March 7, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - One new middle school principal is taking over at his current school, and one is returning to the place where he spent junior high and his first years of teaching. ...more

March 4, 2009