Tuesday: Pinellas School Board, 9 a.m.;
Hillsborough School Board, 5:30 p.m.; Hernando School Board, workshop 2
p.m., meeting 7 p.m.; Pasco School Board, 6 p.m.; Pasco-Hernando Community College, 7 p.m.
Thursday: State University System Board of Governors, 8:30 a.m., Tallahassee
Nov. 24: Thanksgiving holiday begins for Pinellas schools
Nov. 26: Thanksgiving holiday begins for Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando schools
Dec. 1: […]

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LOSING THE 'VOICE OF REASON': Retiring Pasco School Board member
Marge Whaley always took the time to ask, listen and notice when
someone had done a good job, columnist Gail Diederich writes.

AN INDEPENDENT THINKER: Retiring Hernando School Board member Jim Malcolm has plenty of ideas, and he did his best to use them to make the […]

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… Pinellas School Board member Janet Clark. In her first term, Clark sometimes had to push hard to convince her colleagues to go along with her ideas. But Clark, a former middle school teacher, says those four years were more about planting a seed than scoring any victories.  "I’m cynical and I’m skeptical and […]

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MAKING IT INTERESTING: Tracy Keim, a St. Pete High English teacher, challenges her students to reach beyond their assigned academic levels, using materials that actually matter to them. And boy, do the teens respond. (Times photo, James Borchuck)TELL THEM THEY MATTER: The administration at Sand Pine Elementary treats the staff to lunch, happy hour and […]

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Eckerd College sure does like president Donald Eastman.
How much? Enough to extend his contract through June 2014.
The trustees didn't have to do that, either. They had given him a second five-year deal just two years ago.
But in reviewing Eastman's performance, the college's Presidential Assessment and Compensation Committee found his work so exceptional as to […]

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The Gradebook told you earlier about Eckerd College president Donald R. Eastman’s contract renewal. It turns out two other Florida schools heard news about their presidents today also.
In Miami, long-time Florida International University leader Mitch Madique announced he’s stepping down. Madique, who was appointed president in 1986, is the second longest-serving research university president in […]

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