"Where We Stand," a new PBS documentary about challenges facing American education, is both inspiring and depressing. ...more

September 18, 2008

Elisa Berson spent a week at the Kennedy Space Center this summer working alongside NASA engineers and talking to astronauts about lunar exploration, but that's where her interest in space travel ends. ...more

August 27, 2008

Our school superintendent announced that the county has received the first application for a charter school in years. ...more

August 15, 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

Who knew art could help improve math and science test scores for local students? ...more

August 8, 2008

Q. Why does Florida give school grades? ...more

August 1, 2008

Charter schools are paid for with public tax money but operated by private individuals, organizations or other public entities. They're free from government regulations other than those involving testing, health and safety. ...more

August 1, 2008

Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math, they are just as tough as boys. ...more

July 25, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Superintendent Heather Fiorentino was ready to do a little bragging Tuesday after the Florida Department of Education released the state's annual report card that grades schools and school districts. ...more

July 9, 2008

Superintendent Heather Fiorentino was ready to do a little bragging Tuesday after the Florida Department of Education released the state's annual report card that grades schools and school districts. The Pasco County School District, a perennial B, earned an A this year. "We are absolutely thrilled," Fiorentino said. For individual schools in the district, there were 29 A's, 20 B's, 17 C's and two D's. Pasco has never had an F school. ...more

July 8, 2008