Student performance at Florida's charter schools falls far below that at traditional public schools, according to a Stanford University report. ...more

June 17, 2009

President Barack Obama embraced merit pay for teachers Tuesday in spelling out a vision of education that will almost certainly alienate union backers. ...more

March 10, 2009

According to Education Week magazine, Florida offers its young people an above-average public education while not spending as much on schools as most other states. We call that a bargain. ...more

January 10, 2009

Last spring, Florida lawmakers sought to ease the pressure the FCAT applied on public high schools by developing a more rounded appraisal of student performance. ...more

December 28, 2008

Last spring, Florida lawmakers sought to ease the pressure the FCAT applied on public high schools by developing a more rounded appraisal of student performance. ...more

December 27, 2008

Those seeking a part-time teaching position need not apply at this time to the School Board of Highlands County, which has a hiring freeze on substitute teachers. ...more

December 21, 2008

Hillsborough County schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia is donating $42,437 she received in performance bonuses this year to the Hillsborough Education Foundation. ...more

December 20, 2008

Hillsborough schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia is donating $42,437 she received in performance bonuses this year to the Hillsborough Education Foundation. ...more

December 19, 2008

Tens of thousands of students in a southwest Florida school district who used an online Princeton Review program to study for the state's annual assessment test inadvertently had their names, birth dates and test scores published on the Web. ...more

August 20, 2008

Thousands of students in Sarasota accidentally had their names, birth dates, and test scores published on a Princeton Review Web site. ...more

August 19, 2008