No meeting of the Legislature would be complete without political sniping over education, particularly when it comes to expert opinion. ...more

March 18, 2009

Due to a drop in student enrollment and expected cuts in funding, Superintendent Wally Cox recommended cutting 45.5 full-time instructional and administrative positions in the 2009-10 budget including 43 (5 percent) school-level teaching positions. ...more

February 26, 2009

About 2,200 high school students in northwestern Hillsborough are scheduled to change schools in August, but the moves will do nothing to ease crowding at Chamberlain High School. ...more

February 18, 2009

TAMPA -- About 2,200 high school students in northwestern Hillsborough are scheduled to change schools in August, but the moves will do nothing to ease crowding at Chamberlain High School. The school board on Tuesday approved boundary changes for Sickles, Alonso and Gaither, lowering enrollment enough at those three schools to bring them under capacity. Sickles and Gaither will send students to Steinbrenner High School, which is opening in Lutz. ...more

February 11, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board will get its first look Tuesday at proposed attendance boundaries for two new schools opening in August. ...more

February 1, 2009

The watchdog for the Florida Legislature says a state program that diverts corporate taxes to private school vouchers saved the $38.9 million in fiscal year 2007-08. ...more

December 16, 2008

With the number of "schools of choice" doubling this year from two to four, more than twice as many elementary students have transferred to another school through the School Choice option. ...more

October 6, 2008

Five weeks into the school year, the new Memorial Elementary School has 125 more students than expected and is still working to get all the computers hooked up and running. ...more

September 20, 2008

The Hillsborough Choice application period for magnet programs, school choice and career and technical education programs for the 2008-09 school year reopens Monday ...more

September 17, 2008

Why do Republicans constantly talk about compromise and bipartisanship when Democrats almost never do and when they do, don't mean it? Democrats rarely compromise when they are in the majority. ...more

September 9, 2008