Tampa Bay, FL Man's body found floating in Clearwater canaltampabay.com CLEARWATER — The body of a man was found floating in a canal just north of downtown Saturday afternoon. Clearwater police did not identify the man. He …
Tampa Bay, FL Tampa bus driver stabbed to death by passengertampabay.com TAMPA — A public bus driver was stabbed to death by a passenger who then got out of the vehicle and ran away Saturday afternoon, according to …
St. Petersburg One of the last living members of St. Petersburg's ‘Courageous 12’ has diedtampabay.com ST. PETERSBURG — One of the last two living members of the city's "Courageous 12," a group of black police officers who fought for racial equality in …
University of South Florida ICYMI: Florida education news in review, week of May 13, 2019tampabay.com Are Florida’s 4-year-olds being shortchanged in the state’s Voluntary Prekindergarten program? Gov. Ron DeSantis has called for increased …
Ron DeSantis Behind the Ron DeSantis flap in Tampa is a real issue: how to spend mental health money for schoolstampabay.com - By Marlene Sokol TAMPA — Every one of the 240 public schools in Hillsborough County should be staffed with mental health professionals, School Board member Karen …
Success Pasco-Hernando State College grads celebrate success at spring commencementtampabay.com Pasco-Hernando State College hosted spring commencement on May 1 at the West Campus in New Port Richey. Two commencement ceremonies were held for …
University of South Florida Hillsborough schools break ground for referendum jobstampabay.com Former University of South Florida President Betty Castor can swing a sledgehammer, and here is photographic proof. So can Sara Jacobsen Capps, the …
College & University Once homeless, she’s about to get her college degree.tampabay.com ST. PETERSBURG — Nikishea Wright once lived in her in 1992 Buick Century. She slept in church parking lots and bathed her then-3-year-old son at …
Which Pasco County schools get the most choice transfers in and out?tampabay.com Back before the class size amendment really took hold, Pasco County parents could count on nearly blanket approval of their requests to transfer …
College & University College SAT results to include 'adversity score' rating hardship in students’ livestampabay.com An “adversity score” will be added to SAT college entrance test results, rating applicants on environmental factors meant to offer admissions …
Florida Politics Florida education news: School counselors, testing, teacher appreciation and moretampabay.com COUNSELORS: Gov. Ron DeSantis came to a Hillsborough County school to support his wife’s youth mental health initiative. But things got testy when a …
Norovirus Illness strikes after teacher lunch at New Tampa schooltampabay.com TAMPA - Dozens of employees of a New Tampa elementary school have been ill in recent days as a result of food contamination at a catered lunch. The …
Private Schools Is there too much testing in Florida schools?tampabay.com As Florida has moved to expand school vouchers, critics have suggested the Republican leadership espouses a double standard — while it advocates …
College & University Saint Leo University celebrates graduates with two commencementstampabay.com Saint Leo University celebrated the achievements of the Class of 2019 with two commencement ceremonies on April 27. For the first time, ceremonies …
College & University Class act: Saluting the top students at Pinellas private schoolstampabay.com - By Thomas C. Tobin After last week’s salute to valedictorians and salutatorians from Pinellas County public schools, it’s time to recognize the top students at the …
Ron DeSantis Ron DeSantis trades sharp words with a School Board member - with his wife at the mictampabay.com TAMPA - A feel-good moment at a Hillsborough County school went sideways Thursday when an elected School Board member tried to question Gov. Ron …
Schools turn to technology to reduce toll during shootingstampabay.com LOS ANGELES — Efforts to combat school shootings are starting to shift from preventing the violence to reducing the number of victims through …
Native Americans Gradebook podcast: Indians, Chiefs and Warriors no more — Hillsborough schools to drop Native American mascotstampabay.com After 18 months of review and debate, the Hillsborough County school district — the eighth largest system in the nation — has decided to do away with …
Florida Florida education news: Kindergarten readiness, teacher certification, school safety and moretampabay.com PRE-K CHALLENGE: Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for improvements to Florida’s Voluntary Prekindergarten program, citing data that 42 percent of children …
Kindergarten Gov. Ron DeSantis: Too many Florida kids not ready for kindergartentampabay.com Florida officials on Wednesday lamented a newly released figure showing that 42 percent of children in the state’s Voluntary Prekindergarten program …
St. Petersburg Judge sees no reason to intervene in removal of St. Petersburg housing agency board memberstampabay.com ST. PETERSBURG — Despite an appeal to the courts, time is running out for the three St. Petersburg Housing Authority board members that Mayor Kick …
School Administration Hernando County schools look for balance in navigating school-safety tech boomtampabay.com - Jack Evans BROOKSVILLE - School security has taken center-stage in Florida over the past year, with conversations and coverage about school-"hardening," …
Pinellas County Pinellas education news: Graduations, summer camps and talent on display at Walker’s Rising Stars eventtampabay.com Eighteen finalists vied Tuesday night for more than $40,000 in college scholarships and prizes in the 16th annual Walker’s Rising Stars competition …
School Administration Minutes will matter for these Pasco schools next yeartampabay.com As some Florida school districts, including neighboring Hillsborough County, have looked to later starts for high school classes, several Pasco …
Certification Florida clears teacher certification backlog from Januarytampabay.com Back in late January, the Florida Department of Education had 31,666 teacher certification applications open, with 15,290 of them in hand longer than …
Misinformation Teachers grapple with climate change: ‘A pretty scary topic’tampabay.com When science teacher Diana Allen set out to teach climate change, a subject she’d never learned in school, she fell into a rabbit’s hole of …
University Rankings Florida education news: Charter schools, university rankings, tax sharing and moretampabay.com CHARTER SCHOOLS: Three charter school applicants win approval to open in Pinellas County, while another is denied. It would have been the nation’s …
Wolfe Pinellas School Board approves three charters, denies onetampabay.com Pinellas County school officials Tuesday approved the opening of one new charter school, extended contracts for two others already operating in the …
Charter Schools Pasco County charter school to close after classes endtampabay.com Pasco MYcroSchool, a computer-based charter school aimed at helping potential high school dropouts, will shut its doors after classes end this spring. …
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