It's impossible to criticize parents who want to watch their children perform in school activities. It's not so difficult if these same parents have little or no interest in how their children do in the classroom. It's clear, though, that our local schools have a problem, and it has more to do with parents than kids. ...more

November 8, 2009

Lighthouse Preschool won't open its doors officially until August, but its founders are ready to give parents a sneak preview of what they can expect. ...more

February 7, 2009

Lighthouse Preschool won't open its doors officially until August 2009, but its founders are ready to give parents a sneak preview of what they can expect. The school has set an open house for Feb. 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. ...more

February 4, 2009

The academic success of children rides on their love of learning. ...more

December 22, 2008

The academic success of children rides on their love of learning. That is the philosophy of Susan Vega, who recently opened the new Academy of Early Learning in Brooksville. ...more

December 22, 2008

Schrader Elementary guidance counselor Irene Araneda has served Pasco County schools for nearly 20 years. ...more

November 9, 2008

It used to be that a 4.0 grade-point average was considered a perfect "A," but the numbers posted by some recent Hillsborough high school graduates have been positively stratospheric - including the county's top GPA of 8.68 earned by a student at King High School who was this year's numbers leader. ...more

June 14, 2008

Alicia Schuering's soccer coach and her teachers have nothing but praise for the Hudson High sophomore. ...more

June 8, 2008

Just about everyone has an opinion on the federal No Child Left Behind law. Those opinions might change in the coming years as the deadline approaches that requires that all students pass state tests or drastic steps will be taken against schools, teachers and administrators. ...more

May 21, 2008

A new study released today on gender equity in education concludes that a "boys crisis" in U.S. schools is a myth and that both sexes have stayed the same or improved on standardized tests in the past decade. ...more

May 20, 2008