Florida’s education funding crisis
A decade ago, voters overwhelming passed an amendment to the Florida Constitution that says legislators must make education a top priority. It was 1998, and more than 70 percent of Florida voters demanded
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School year off to smooth start
MARION OAKS - Shortly before 7 a.m., the lobby of Marion County’s newest elementary school was eerily deserted for the first day of school. Few people
Educational upgrades
Outside Howard Middle School, the campus landscape looks like a war zone. Mounds of dirt and downed trees dot the northwest Ocala campus currently under
Cap and gown season arrives
A week-long senior trip to North Carolina ended on Monday for 23 Ocala Christian Academy seniors, who will be the first to receive high
Rookie comes up big
Carballo is top new teacher; finalists named for top veteran Saddlewood Elementary kindergarten teacher Cecilia Carballo seemed shocked Thursday morning
Go Green Teacher’s Guide
This 50 page guide contains 9 different detailed classroom activities. These include in-classroom studies, experiments and observation and parent involvement.
Technology storm
Nelyn Lea, 15, a sophomore, works on the school’s wireless network on her laptop as she sits with her classmates in Scot Provost’s AP World
Evergreen reborn as a demonstration school
Principal Cassandra Boston has taken on the task of improving Evergreen Elementary Schools poor performance of the past. Shown at the Ocala school on
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