Mike Huckabee charmed Iowa with his playful personality, his gift of gab and his success at losing more than 100 pounds. But it was his conservative convictions on abortion and gay marriage that secured the vote of evangelical Christians, about 60 percent of Iowa's Republican turnout. ...more

January 11, 2008

It's a game of one step forward, three steps back. ...more

January 8, 2008

It's a game of one step forward, three steps back. In the Hernando County School Board's annual financial audit for 2006-07, released last month, the district has shown major improvement in an area where it has been historically cited. ...more

January 8, 2008

Hernando County's teachers are slowly moving up on the pay scale, with beginning teachers set to make $6,000 more than they would have in the 2003-04 school year. ...more

January 2, 2008

Hernando County's teachers are slowly moving up on the pay scale, with beginning teachers set to make $6,000 more than they would have in the 2003-04 school year. ...more

January 1, 2008

The other day the Pinellas County School Board agreed to a student assignment plan that will steer students to schools closer to home beginning with the 2008-09 school year. As a result, the county joins hundreds of other school districts that have been freed from desegregation court orders, most of which seemed to emphasize the co-mingling of black and white students more than the quality of the education they were receiving. ...more

December 26, 2007

The part of Florida's embattled investment fund for local governments that remains open received the best possible rating Friday from Standard & Poor's. ...more

December 22, 2007

A confidential, nationwide list of 24,500 teachers who have been punished for a wide array of offenses was made available to the public Friday by a Florida newspaper. ...more

December 21, 2007

Pasco County leaders on Thursday unanimously agreed to withdraw the maximum 15 percent, or $65 million, from a state investment pool as they wait for assurances that the fund can remain solvent. ...more

December 7, 2007

SEBRING — A software program originally developed to improve the singing of children and adults also helps students improve their reading. The program, SingingCoach from Electronic Leaning Products, Inc., Tampa, teaches users to sing in tune and in rhythm while providing real-time pitch tracking. The University of South Florida performed a study, with sixth, seventh and eighth-graders to determine its effect on the reading fluency and comprehension of struggling readers. ...more

December 6, 2007