Education
First Polytechnic University students to get free tuition
How do you attract top tech students to a new university that has no track record, no accreditation and not much in the way of amenities save for a world-class architectural jewel of a building?
11 hours ago
Florida school tells students to drop online classes
TALLAHASSEE - Florida's main online school has been forced to tell worried parents and students that they aren't about to get charged for failing to complete courses.
15 hours ago
USF to impose 1.7 percent tuition hike
TAMPA - Students at the University of South Florida will be paying a little more in tuition this fall after all.
23 hours ago
Pinellas teens to get summer crash course in law enforcement
ST. PETERSBURG - Students hoping to jump into law enforcement have long been able to shadow police officers across Pinellas County through the year-long Police Explorer Academy.
06/17/13
Pinellas expects 8,500 students in Summer Bridge program
CLEARWATER – When Terrilyn George decided to enroll her 9-year-old son in the Pinellas County School District’s new summer school program, she knew she would have to find a way to make it more appealing.
06/16/13
Teachers anxious about change to Common Core
Students will take Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests one more year before switching to tougher standardized tests under the Common Core, a set of nationwide academic standards.
06/16/13
A golden send-off for students
The theme of Westchase Elementary School’s fifth-grade banquet send-off — “Go For the Gold Into Middle School” — was brought to life on June 6.
06/15/13
USF med school chief quits job hunt
The head of the University of South Florida’s medical school and USF Health has pulled his name from consideration for the chancellorship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
06/14/13
Pasco charter school may get 15-year extension
A charter school that has earned an A rating from the state seven years in a row could be getting a 15-year contract extension with the Pasco County School Board.
06/14/13
Longtime HCC president Stephenson dies at 69
Gwendolyn Stephenson, Hillsborough Community College's longest-serving president, died this morning after a two-year battle with cancer.
06/14/13
St. Pete College says it can offer four-year degree for $10,000
An idea by Gov. Rick Scott once derided as "half-baked" by Democrats - a $10,000, baccalaureate degree - could be offered as soon as this fall by a dozen schools in the Florida College System.
06/13/13
Pinellas expanding oversight of career academies
06/11/13
Hillsborough school board appoints new principals
The Hillsborough County School Board on Tuesday made the following appointments.
06/11/13
Foster kids play and learn at St. Pete robotics camp
06/11/13
Pinellas schools shuffling administrators
CLEARWATER - Pinellas County Schools Superintendent Michael Grego is hiring another round of principals and administrators at today's School Board meeting.
06/10/13
Your School Grades
Report cards on Florida's schools came out during summer vacation. With students returning, check your school's grades.
