Whenever she gets the chance, State Board of Education member Phoebe Raulerson makes the case for the importance of career and technical education.
As a former superintendent of Okeechobee County schools, Raulerson saw first hand the need for education programs for students who don't necessarily plan to go to college.
Now the National Association of School Boards […]

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Two Tampa Bay area residents will serve on Gov. Charlie Crist’s new Task Force on Autism Spectrum Disorders. They are Karen A. Berkman of Tampa, director of USF’s Center for Autism and Related Disabilities, and Richard LaBelle of Dunedin, executive director of Family Network.
Crist established the task force with an executive order to deal with […]

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A House bill (HB 491) to reduce the ESOL training requirements for reading specialists has roused passions on this blog from time to time (see post and comments here). Some fed up teachers can't wait to see it happen, while some teacher trainers say it's a horrid idea and want Gov. Crist to veto the […]

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PUSHING A STATE COLLEGE SYSTEM: Florida lawmakers propose a new governing system for colleges and universities that focus on undergraduate education. A growing number of community colleges already is offering bachelor's degrees.JUST DON'T CALL IT A UNIFORM: Hernando school officials want to impose a district-wide dress code for kindergarten through eighth grade. The main target […]

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Pasco County's turkey dog taste test turned out terrific.
So say the kids at Pine View Elementary School, who sampled the substitute sausages Wednesday on a trial run before the school district decided to replace beef franks county wide.
"To me, they were delicious," said fifth-grader Mitsy Audate as she picked at her chicken salad in the […]

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The "academic freedom" bills filed by Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Brandon, and Rep. D. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, make a sweeping claim: "The Legislature finds that in many instances educators have experienced or feared discipline, discrimination, or other adverse consequences as a result of presenting the full range of scientific views regarding chemical and biological evolution."
Is […]

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