News for Educators

March 26, 2012 Top 5 College Degrees Employers Want Most
- Planning to go to college? New research shows that having the right
degree could help you on your professional path. We’ve got the top five
college degrees the employers want the most.
March 25, 2012 2012 Legislative Session Impacts Education
- Higher education was a major topic for Florida’s 2012 Legislative Session, which concluded on Friday, March 9.
With the passing of SB 1752/HB 7129, Florida’s top universities, namely the University of Florida and Florida State...
March 20, 2012 Parents Flex Muscles - And Twitter Fingers - In Tallahassee, And They Win
- TALLAHASSEE — It was one of the hardest-fought battles of the legislative session.
March 20, 2012 New Business Dean to be Named At USF Tampa
- The University of South Florida has picked an associate dean at the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business as its new dean of the USF College of Business in Tampa. Moez Limayem, 48, will be introduced publicly this morning at...
March 15, 2012 2012 Session Summary: Education
- Gov. Rick Scott set the tone early for the state's
budget talks when he said he would not sign any budget that didn’t boost
PreK-12 school funding by $1 billion.
March 08, 2012 "Parent Trigger" Bill Could Still be Defeated
- Democrats are looking to the Senate and a rogue set of lawmakers to help
them defeat an education bill they think is a giveaway to the charter
school industry at the expense of public schools.
February 28, 2012 Kids Given Placebos In Attempt to Raise Test Scores
- At least one South Florida campus is hoping that feeding students a
"special brain snack" will trick them into thinking it will boost their FCAT performance.
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