Schools

For 60 minutes on Friday, fourth and fifth graders from Three Oaks Elementary got to train like their favorite Miami Dolphins football players. As part of the Gatorade Junior Training camp, Vincent Pannozzo of the Dolphins organization, challenged the local ...

It's been five months since principals and administrators conducted the first teacher observations using the new state-mandated evaluation system. This time period was considered the "hold harmless," or testing period. Come mid-January, the new teacher evaluation system will count

Collier County schools have stuck with the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, even as other departments across the state cut it from classrooms and researchers continue to debate whether it's a waste of students' time. About 3,000 fifth-graders go through ...

Steve Atkins, who was fired in October from his position as vice president of academic affairs, said he is confident Edison won't lose its accreditation. However, he predicted that the college won't be reaffirmed and will face a sanction – ...

Offered for the first time this year, a class at Bonita Springs Charter School. teaches about needs in the local community and in other parts of the world. The 19 students in the class learn about area nonprofits and participate ...

In June, the Lee County School Board approved a $1.86 million project named the "Estero High School Culinary Kitchen Conversion." The project will pay for a new kitchen, various renovations to the campus and a complete building paint job.

After President Barack Obama’s recent announcement to grant states a reprieve from the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the Florida Department of Education promptly announced it would apply for the waiver.

Thousands of people are pursuing teaching as a second career. The trend began about 30 years ago and picked up speed in the past five. People with degrees outside of education have left jobs in fields ranging from business to ...

Starting with this year’s ninth graders, a new state law requires students to complete one virtual class to graduate.School districts across Florida are breaking out of the traditional brick-and-mortar classroom walls and moving into a classroom where time and space ...

The North Naples independent Village School found a true and tested learning theory that does just that. It works. Not just for 75 percent of the children, but for every one of its 519 pre-K through eighth grade students.

The FCAT writing assessment will be scored on a tougher grading scale this year in preparation for higher state writing standards in 2014-15. And because of that, teachers and administrators are beefing up their expectations for students. This means expectations ...

This year, the Collier school district has 6,000 more students eligible for free lunch than last year at this time. Two years ago, 52 percent of students in the district qualified for free and reduced lunches and last year 61.3 ...

In Lee and Collier counties, at least 100 students are arrested on campus each year on a felony or misdemeanor charge, and often for violating probation off-campus.

A spike in Lee County students with behavioral problems has several agencies and officials concerned about how the district is handling students sent to its alternative schools. The increase in students held under the Baker Act, which allows law enforcement ...

Lee is one of 13 high-performing school districts in Florida given this option to start early. The district received an “A” for the third consecutive year. The recognition is based primarily on student achievement. But the early start comes with ...