It started with an 8-year-old boy in Afghanistan who turned down a candy bar in favor of a pencil and an American serviceman who wanted to do more. ...more

November 12, 2009

A classic education it's not. ...more

March 6, 2009

Herbert Washington thinks he will like his pen pal when he meets him next week. ...more

January 21, 2009

Two Lake Placid Middle School teachers have earned for their classrooms mini-grants sponsored by the Highlands County Education Foundation. Rashauna S. Portee, a sixth-grade social studies teacher and Carol Hubbell, an eighth-grade language arts teacher, earned he grants. ...more

October 9, 2008

St. Mary's Episcopal Day School welcomed eight new teachers to its faculty this year. Together, they bring more than 50 years of experience in elementary and middle school education. They are: Whitney Shepherd, prekindergarten; Ellen Lauterbach, kindergarten; Elizabeth Yarnold, kindergarten; Anne Bruckner, second grade; Randy Hall, physical education; Linda Boza, middle school social studies; Andrea Cardenas, sixth-grade language arts; and Justin Stoddard, technology. Stoddard is a St. Mary's graduate. ...more

September 24, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County fourth-graders, on average, scored better than last year's fourth-graders, and better than the state average, on the essay portion of the Writing Plus Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). ...more

May 9, 2008

The 1951 Ford Tudor Sedan with flathead V8 engine, dual carburetors and exhaust garnered the Cruiser of the Month trophy for owners Joe and Helen Ferrante at the April 3 Roamin' Oldies Car Club cruise-in. ...more

May 3, 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

From time to time, a Hillsborough County school educator will extend a gracious invitation to participate in the Great American Teach-In, perhaps with the intention to expose the young students to a real, honest-to-goodness old coot. ...more

November 20, 2007