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StoryCorps Tampa Bay: Classroom Troubles & Inspirations

In this installment of StoryCorps Tampa Bay, public school teachers and godsisters Dr. Wendell Norton and Izella McCree talk about the differences, similarities, and challenges in education - dating...

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Project Gives Developmentally Disabled a Chance to Go to College

A college education is generally considered a student's best shot at getting a good job these days, and it's often assumed most high schoolers are prepared to attend college.But there's one group that...

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Program to Help Homeless Teens Expands to Pinellas

A Hillsborough County project to help teens is expanding across the bay with the help of some well known local dignitaries. St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, Tampa Bay Rays President Matt Silverman...

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USF Graduates to Wear Recycled Regalia

When thousands of University of South Florida students walk across the stage to receive their diplomas this week, they will be helping to reduce environmental waste.USF Student Government voted this...

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It Takes A 'Forest' To Feed An Elementary School

Rain is terrible when you’re trying to give tours of your new garden.But it’s great for the spinach, sweet potato and purple passion fruit rapidly taking root.On a very rainy day, Kelsey Pharr...

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Graduation Ceremony Celebrates Students' Best Friends

It's that time of year when thousands of students across the country get ready to graduate from public and private schools. But in St. Petersburg there's a unique group taking a walk across the stage...

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Charter Schools Take Aim at At-Risk Students

Of the more than 600 charter schools in Florida. Some focus on the arts, some on sciences. Others are high schools that help students who are at risk for not finishing or dropping out completely.At the...

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Tampa Bay Program Helps Fifth Graders Make Sense of Their Financial Futures

The first time some students learn about finances is during a high school economics class. Others learn by trial and error, but one program in the Tampa Bay area already has a  history of helping...

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Tampa Bay Counties Partner with Germany for Student Apprentice Program

Not every high school student wants to or even needs to go to college, but graduating students without a college degree may have a hard time gaining entry or experience at companies hiring for high...

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Enrollment in Pinellas County Summer Learning Program Swells

During a time when many Florida counties were cutting back on summer school due to a lack of money, Pinellas County started expanding theirs using a combination of federal and state funds. And...

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Florida Matters: Homelessness Among Florida's Students

When it comes to children, the definition of homeless includes more children than you may think.Under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act children and youth who "lack a fixed, regular,...

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Florida Schools Strive To Identify And Help Homeless Students

Students who are considered homeless by Florida schools can be living in hotels, trailer parks, in campgrounds or doubled up with friends or relatives. And with as many as 71,000 or more homeless...

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Tampa Bay Times Investigates Pinellas County's "Failure Factories"

The Tampa Bay Times just completed an investigation into a group of low-performing elementary schools in black neighborhoods of southern Pinellas County -- schools that they're calling "Failure...

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Pinellas Schools Changes Announced, Review Requested

  A day after the Pinellas County Schools Superintendent announced changes to five failing St. Petersburg elementary schools, the U.S. Department of Education has been asked to review county programs...

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Pinellas Teachers Make Back-To-School House Calls

At the beginning of each school year, making new students feel welcome and building a rapport with them is a big part of getting off to a smooth start. And at one Pinellas County middle school,...

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Sen. Nelson Asks For Federal Review Of Pinellas Schools

Florida Sen. Bill Nelson is joining those who are calling for federal review of Pinellas County’s use of Title I funds for education.  

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Marco Rubio Says Nation Doesn't Need US Education Department

Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio says the U.S. doesn't need a federal Education Department, arguing that its recommendations to state and local governments often turn into mandates tied to...

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New Palm Beach County Schools Chief Wants To Shake Up Florida Education

For weeks now, Palm Beach County schools have struggled to get students to classes on time.Bus routes have been redrawn. And the district sent up flares, looking to hire anyone who wants to drive a bus.

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5 Things We Learned From An International Study On Technology In Schools

Last week the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development released the results of a global study looking at the effect of technology on 15-year-olds test scores.The group oversees one of the...

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New Florida Teacher Bonus Program Draws Complaints

In Brigette Kinney’s design class at Ada Merritt K-8 center in Miami, one of the key concepts is editing and revising ideas after getting feedback.Her 8th graders created role-playing games based on...

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