Three Hillsborough County schools are among 13 targeted for possible closing a year from now because their students have been the lowest performing in the state. ...more

July 29, 2008

Aid Level Is Adequate Regarding "Expand Food Stamps Aid" (Other Views, July 14): ...more

July 19, 2008

A School Choice transfer will be offered to students who attend any of the five district elementary schools that are "in need of improvement," based on the recently released Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report. ...more

July 17, 2008

The Housing and Education Alliance (HEA), which I oversee, is dedicated to finding homes for low-income families. ...more

July 14, 2008

LAND O'LAKES -- The test scores are in, and Pasco County public schools have once again made the grade. Results of the 2007-08 school year's Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test were released Tuesday. Every school in the state gets a letter grade based on the standardized test, which is given in the spring. ...more

July 12, 2008

The Plant City Chapter for Habitat For Humanity will hold a new volunteer orientation next month. ...more

July 10, 2008

Hillsborough County is providing nearly $1 million in cash and in-kind contributions to help Habitat for Humanity create a compact community for 25 low-income families. ...more

July 9, 2008

Each one has a story. For some, their childhoods were marked by foster homes and food stamps. Others dodged the drugs and guns that permeated Miami's housing projects. Many were raised in one-parent households where their part-time work helped pay the bills. ...more

July 8, 2008

For decades, USF, with some help from the federal government, has set aside money, faculty and space in its residence halls each summer for students from low-income families who are the first generation in their families to go to college. ...more

July 7, 2008

The best offense is a good defense. As I mull over the billions of tax dollars being spent to clean up the subprime mortgage mess, I keep thinking there must be a better way to put those financial resources to work. ...more

June 29, 2008