“By age 4, the average child in a professional family hears about 20 million more words than the average child in a working-class family, and about 35 million more words than children in welfare families.”
Three letters send shivers down the spine of most academically conscientious teenagers - ETS. via Courier News Online

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As I try to get my life back to normal, my parents are in town and I spent the weekend showing them some of the Tallahassee I know. They visited last year and I wanted to show them something different.
Friday night was Salman Rushdie. They dropped me off and picked me up at […]

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The Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce meets for after hours cocktails and canapés at the Miami Science Museum (3280 S. Miami Avenue) on Tuesday, February 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.RSVP to info@coconutgrove.com or 305-444-7270.

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Monday: Pinellas School Board, workshop, 9 a.m.
Tuesday: Hillsborough School Board, workshop, 1:30 p.m.; Pinellas School Board, 5 p.m.
Thursday: Education Practices Commission, administrator panel, 9 a.m.; teacher hearing panel, 9:45 a.m.
Friday: Education Practices Commission, teacher hearing panel, 9 a.m.
March 4: Pinellas School Board, workshop, 9 a.m.;
Pasco School Board, 9:30 a.m.; Hillsborough School Board, 3 p.m.;
Hernando School […]

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“This translates into more school stability and support for these at-risk students. I’m particularly excited to see several students who had dropped out of school reconnect to school and work towards a diploma or GED.”
Peri Stone-Palmquist doesn’t have a job. She has a mission. A job is where you go to work, do what’s […]

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“I’m really proud of myself. I didn’t think I would be able to get such a high score, or even achieve semi-finalist standing”
Ittai Orr and Samuel Haneger are finalists in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship. via KEPR 19

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