Hillsborough County's Head Start and Early Head Start got a jolt of federal stimulus money with a whopping $11.7 million grant over two years. ...more

October 23, 2009

Hillsborough County's Head Start and Early Head Start got a jolt of federal stimulus money with a whopping $11.7 million grant over two years. ...more

October 21, 2009

A year ago, it seemed the perfect match. Two physical education teachers at San Antonio Elementary planned to start a before- and after-school program to provide a mixture of homework time, exercise time and child care. ...more

March 21, 2009

With the nation's school districts strapped for cash, more are considering a schedule that delights students and makes working parents cringe: Class only four days a week. ...more

March 12, 2009

"The Chopstick Diet," by Kimiko Barber (Kyle Books, $19.95) ...more

February 1, 2009

A listing of new food-related books. ...more

January 26, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - It's an annual problem for some parents. Schools close just before Christmas for a two-week winter break. But some parents don't have the time off. ...more

January 1, 2009

I could scarcely believe my eyes while reading Mr. Whiteman's column titled "Bigotry Outnumbered This Election Season." He obviously does not include himself in the group of those overcome. He states "We must pray that this is not the first jihad in the United States." Jihad? The U.S. population electing a Christian man as president of the United States is a jihad? What is this person thinking? Was he thinking the unspoken, that Mr. Obama is really a Muslim and therefore the Jihad connection? How bigoted! And how can your newspaper print such rubbish? His mistaken notion of what the Democratic Party stands for is up to him. But it is more of a statement of how limited his knowledge really is rather than accurate. ...more

November 9, 2008

Apartments rented to sex offenders that were at the center of a city zoning debate last year could be headed for foreclosure, court records show. ...more

October 15, 2008

The back-to-school ritual leaves our youngest children behind. Federal investment in children does not start until age 5 or 6 when - ready or not - they enter kindergarten. Attitudes toward the pivotal early childhood years are shifting, and both presidential candidates should consider effective preschool programs in their domestic policy platforms. ...more

September 4, 2008