Editor: Bill Clark's response to John Mooney's letter to the editor on Dec. 29 clearly demonstrates why the defenders of creationism and intelligent design must be kept at bay in the field of public education. ...more

February 12, 2008

Jason Smith of New Port Richey did not like the "hard-right slant" of op-ed page of Feb. 6 prints editions of The Suncoast News. ...more

February 9, 2008

Lawmakers may cut as much as $125 million out of the current state budget for K-12 public education, which could cost Hillsborough schools roughly $3 million a month through the rest of the fiscal year ending June 30. ...more

February 8, 2008

SEBRING — Eleven people will be appointed to Highlands County's first Impact Fees Review Committee. Patterned after a similar advisory committee in Polk County, this committee will make recommendations to the county commissioners on whether the controversial impact fees should be raised, lowered, or kept the same. Commissioners approved the creation and form of this committee, as proposed by Commissioner Don Bates. The commissioners then agreed on the 11 special interests that will have a representative on this committee. ...more

February 6, 2008

In a replay of the controversy generated by the Penny for Pasco sales tax referendum in 2004, school officials once again are being accused of violating election law, this time in relation to the property tax amendment on Tuesday's ballot. ...more

January 28, 2008

Florida usually doesn't end up at the top of any matrix measuring public education, but it recently scored big in a key measurement: the number of teachers who have earned a certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. ...more

December 10, 2007

These days, lots of important decisions about your life are being made in Tallahassee. ...more

November 25, 2007

These days, lots of important decisions about your life are being made in Tallahassee. How much property tax you will pay, what kind of insurance you can buy, whether public education and health care will be funded adequately. Increasingly, however, these decisions are being made in private, without the scrutiny of the public and the media. ...more

November 24, 2007

When I first became a teacher, I would thank my lucky stars I didn't major in physical education. It seemed those teachers were always answering to parents who thought their child should be starting in the game or making the varsity team. Then, when I got my certification to teach gifted children, I realized it isn't just sports. ...more

November 23, 2007

Complaining that residents shouldn't have to pay an additional fee to watch government TV, Tampa filed a federal lawsuit Friday against Bright House Networks. ...more

November 17, 2007