PBCC utilizes iPod and its ilk as learning tools
posted by Mr.Orange 2205 days 11 hours 46 minutes ago
Professors record lessons in an online sound file for students to download on their iPods, enabling them to learn anywhere — during their commute, laundry chores or gym workout.
Task force recommends reforms for high schools
posted by Mr.Orange 2205 days 11 hours 49 minutes ago
Florida high school students should focus on major and minor subjects just like their college counterparts and shouldn't be retained at lower grade levels if they fail a course or two.
Candidates, look at FCAT
posted by Mr.Orange 2207 days 11 hours 23 minutes ago
A savvy candidate for governor would take a close look at a new survey of school principals about the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.
Survey highlights principals' doubts about FCAT
posted by Mr.Orange 2210 days 11 hours 44 minutes ago
Polls indicate wide disapproval not of tests, but of how they're used.
Would eliminating valedictorians and salutatorians also end controversy about class rankings?
posted by Mr.Orange 2217 days 12 hours 3 minutes ago
Pinellas School Board members discussed a proposal this month that would eliminate the valedictorian and salutatorian designation. Schools would instead recognize the top 5 percent of standard diploma students - about 20 - in each class.
Legislatures fight colleges' left-leaning political views
posted by Mr.Orange 2221 days 11 hours 29 minutes ago
To some conservatives there is a national trend by some liberal professors to infringe on conservative students' right to free speech at public colleges and universities.
Task force lists goals for higher education
posted by Mr.Orange 2225 days 11 hours 9 minutes ago
Adding a need-based component to the state's Bright Futures scholarship program and maximizing class space in colleges and universities were among recommendations an education task force made.
State needs 30,000 teachers by next fall
posted by Mr.Orange 2226 days 12 hours 2 minutes ago
The state Board of Education will ask the Legislature for $30 million to recruit the more than 30,000 additional teachers Florida needs by next fall -- and keep the ones they already have from leaving for other states with better salaries.
Folks don't believe the slots money will go to education
posted by Mr.Orange 2229 days 11 hours 42 minutes ago
Questions why the Florida Lottery doesn't provide the financing that was promised originally in 1986.
5 Florida Colleges Rank Among Best Values
posted by Mr.Orange 2233 days 11 hours 38 minutes ago
Five Florida public colleges and universities are among the best values for higher education, according to a national finance magazine.
Legislative panel supports ban on early-August starts for school year
posted by Mr.Orange 2233 days 11 hours 45 minutes ago
Responding to an avalanche of parent support, a state House panel on Tuesday agreed that Florida's public schools should shift their starting time to later in the summer.
Florida colleges setting up campuses in China
posted by Mr.Orange 2237 days 11 hours 53 minutes ago
Florida colleges, and others nationwide, are setting up shop in China, hoping to grab a share of the fast-growing education market there.
Florida's top court bars vouchers for F schools
posted by Mr.Orange 2238 days 11 hours 13 minutes ago
The Florida Supreme Court struck down the state's original school-voucher program Thursday, ruling that using taxpayer-funded scholarships to send children to private schools violates the state constitution.
Budget ax falls heavily on education
posted by Mr.Orange 2238 days 12 hours 29 minutes ago
Southwest Florida schools could feel the pinch next year with the reduction or even elimination of some programs
Education report gives state B minus
posted by Mr.Orange 2239 days 10 hours 42 minutes ago
Florida's public schools scored above the national average in two of four categories and got an overall grade of B minus on an annual report card issued Wednesday by Education Week magazine.
Brevard schools must repay feds for misuse of computer program
posted by Mr.Orange 2240 days 8 hours 4 minutes ago
State Rep. Mitch Needelman plans to ask for a criminal investigation into how Brevard Public Schools acquired a high-powered $1 million computer to serve a school with 700 students.
Help our children earn Success By 6
posted by Mr.Orange 2241 days 11 hours 24 minutes ago
Florida's top business CEOs gathered for a summit meeting in Orlando to engage the business community to push for stronger early childhood intervention programs.
Bush adds his view on evolution debate
posted by Mr.Orange 2244 days 10 hours 50 minutes ago
He tries to strike balance on whether intelligent design should be taught
Area Schools Meet Limits On Class Size
posted by Mr.Orange 2247 days 10 hours 18 minutes ago
All school districts in the Tampa Bay area are in compliance with the state class-size amendment, Education Commissioner John Winn announced Tuesday.
State wants to assess children's music knowledge
posted by Mr.Orange 2247 days 10 hours 17 minutes ago
Education officials are looking at the possibility of adding a music test developed by a coalition of music teachers, who fear that their specialty has been neglected because it isn't part of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.