After the improbable result, the mad celebration and the awards ceremony, Coach Ron Carrell had a few quiet moments in the locker room with his King High School girls basketball team after it captured the 1988 Class 4A state championship. ...more

February 23, 2008

Chalk tap, tap, taps on the board as Wendy Hou scrawls circles, angles and numbers in a search for the right equation. ...more

February 14, 2008

Chalk tap, tap, taps on the board as Wendy Hou scrawls circles, angles and numbers in a search for the right equation. ...more

February 14, 2008

More than $70,000 in "A" school money is good for something. Like a state-of-the-art outdoor education center at Brooksville Elementary School on Broad Street in Brooksville. ...more

January 29, 2008

More than $70,000 in "A" school money is good for something. ...more

January 28, 2008

AVON PARK — It's like having every student raise his or her hand to answer a classroom problem. But answering algebra questions using instant responders is less chaotic and the teacher instantly knows what percentage of his class is understanding the concept being taught. Avon Park High math teacher Marc Davis said students using the technology knew immediately how they performed Tuesday morning on a mid-term Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) prep test. Similar to a television remote control, the instant responder allows students to answer true/false and yes/no questions, select answers from multiple choice or enter numeric answers. ...more

January 23, 2008

Dear President Bush: Early this morning, Tameka Evans boarded a plane, leaving us in Tampa. She is bound for two months of training in preparation for her March deployment to Tikrit, Iraq, as a member of the 345th Combat Support Hospital of the United States Army. To say we'll miss her is a great understatement. ...more

January 9, 2008

Hudson High School is throwing an invitation-only party to mark its 35th anniversary next month. ...more

January 6, 2008

Math teacher Betteanne Shields wanted to do something different to help her Madison Middle eighth-graders grasp the geometry and measurement concepts she kept trying to teach. ...more

December 29, 2007

There were numerous success stories mixed in with the pomp and circumstance when Pasco-Hernando Community College awarded another group of students with degrees Thursday. ...more

December 14, 2007