School board re-establishes former application process for magnet schools, plans to start committee ...more

October 20, 2009

More than 400 hundred television stations across the nation switched from analog to digital on Feb. 17 and hundreds more will make the transition on June 12, leaving millions of bewildered viewers asking what happened to their "Matlock" reruns. ...more

February 22, 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

Jason Holden blew his whistle and his kids sprang into action on Monday, as the Lake Placid Middle School football coach opened the Green Dragon youth football camp at Roger Scarborough Memorial Stadium. ...more

July 30, 2008

One of the heartbreaks of teaching is the inability to "reach" a student. Serious teachers lose sleep over certain kids. ...more

June 13, 2008

"Child 44," by Tom Rob Smith (Grand Central Publishing, $24.95) ...more

June 8, 2008

It's that magical time of year again, when teachers cram repetitive curriculum into young, impressionable minds and students cringe at the mention of four little letters. Ah, it's FCAT season. ...more

February 15, 2008

The Battle of Pinellas is on. Of the four North County Class 5A high school football teams who bumped and bruised their way through the rigors of a ten game regular season, two remain standing to fight another day. ...more

November 15, 2007

Faced with higher recruiting goals, the Pentagon is quietly looking for ways to make it easier for people with minor criminal records to join the military, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

November 7, 2007