March 16, 2009 ...more

March 16, 2009

Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith will share a stage today with the person who must decide whether Florida will qualify for as much as $2.2 billion in education-related stimulus funds. ...more

March 10, 2009

Families are losing bus service, middle school students are losing sleep and teachers are losing jobs as Florida's student population sinks with the economy. ...more

January 8, 2009

The School Board of Highlands County approved a slight increase in the ad valorum tax rate and approved its 2008-09 budget. ...more

September 12, 2008

Florida posted a slightly lower score than last year to continue a steady decline on the ACT college entrance test while remaining mired in 48th place nationally, according to 2008 results released early Wednesday. ...more

August 13, 2008

One week after Hernando County officials submitted a significantly lower proposed budget for 2008-09, school district officials followed suit with their own budget that is 6.4 percent less than that of the current year. ...more

July 26, 2008

One week after Hernando County officials submitted a significantly lower proposed budget for 2008-09, school district officials followed suit with their own budget that is 6.4 percent less than that of the current year. ...more

July 26, 2008

ATLANTA - A federal appeals court on Wednesday invalidated part of a Florida law requiring public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but the panel declined to rule on whether the rest of the statute is constitutional. ...more

July 24, 2008

The rumored "2 percent reduction" may come in the form of a $3.3 million cut for local schools. ...more

June 26, 2008

The rumored "2 percent reduction" may come in the form of a $3.3 million cut for local schools. ...more

June 25, 2008