With graduation looming, officials are hoping efforts to boost high school graduation rates will pay off in the numbers. ...more

May 22, 2008

Florida has a reputation for providing higher education on the cheap. ...more

February 3, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - Florida's schools ranked 14th nationally with a grade of C-plus on a report card issued Wednesday by Education Week magazine, although the state placed 38th in public education spending. ...more

January 9, 2008

By JESSICA BLAIR
The Suncoast News ...more

December 12, 2007

As William Barnes and others chatted one day on the campus of Pasco-Hernando Community College, a man approached with a proposition that proved life altering for Barnes. ...more

December 9, 2007

The Tampa Tribune's recent editorial "Dropout Rate Might Improve If Schools Measured It Precisely" (Our Opinion, Nov. 28), which discusses Florida dropout and graduation rates, uses a flawed report from Johns Hopkins University as the basis for many of its claims. ...more

December 5, 2007

Hillsborough County schools' graduation rate increased nearly 2 percentage points in 2006-07 over the previous school year with a slight improvement in the dropout rate, the state reported Friday. ...more

December 1, 2007

In your editorial on Nov. 21, you criticized the University of South Florida for focusing on a modern six-year graduation rate for students, rather than the four-year curriculum defined in a paradigm established long ago. The editorial was off the mark for several reasons. ...more

November 30, 2007

Students at Pasco-Hernando Community College are now getting the opportunity to have a one-on-one relationship with faculty and staff members as their mentors to help them stay in school. The new mentoring program, which targets African American students, was introduced this fall, with 18 students participating. ...more

November 28, 2007

Why Take Four Years? Regarding "USF Pays Lip Service To Awarding Four-Year Degrees In Four Years" (Our Opinion, Nov. 21): ...more

November 28, 2007