Palm Beach Post

Renea Finney helps her fifth-grade students create podcasts. After generations of emphasis on English, few children know Creek. Some teachers want to change that - but critics fear they're too late.

St. Lucie program would focus on AIDS education; opponents say it's too explicit. School officials will give each person three minutes to speak to the board about the proposed curriculum, called Get Real About AIDS. Each speaker will be asked to provide his or her name and address on pre-numbered index cards.

Bryan Longworth, a slight and soft-spoken man, stood at busy intersections in St. Lucie County this week with a message for parents: no condoms in school.
He's put that message on signs and fliers around town and on the Web.

School district employees who are the victims of domestic violence can now take off work to get counseling, seek a restraining order or recuperate from injuries.

John F. Kennedy Middle in Riviera Beach had more than 150 incidents of fighting and harassment, nearly 10 times higher than the district average. Odyssey Middle in Boynton Beach reported 25 violent incidents against its students and staff, about six times higher than the average.

Opponents of the St. Lucie County School District's controversial sex education curriculum have a message for school board members: Vote "yes" and you can expect to see your picture alongside descriptions of sex acts posted all over town.

Already suffering after the June announcement that its accreditation is in jeopardy, Florida's only historically black public university hit a nine-year low in student enrollment this fall.

On Oct. 23, the St. Petersburg Times reported that Florida A&M University students and other black people from around Florida marched on the federal courthouse in Tallahassee to protest the Oct. 12 acquittal of eight Bay County boot camp employees accused of killing 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson.

Officials hope it helps students, faculty protect themselves from outside threats.

Parents of a student at Hillel School of Tampa sue after a bully breaks their son's arm.

After five years of overhauling staff and administration and trying many new programs that failed, Superintendent Art Johnson has decided to wage a new kind of war - dispatch an all-star team of former principals and teachers to try to turn around 26 schools with chronically struggling students.

School district policy tries to aid officials in how to handle requests for certain Web sites.

The 360 Palm Beach County students a day who play video games, run the streets or do anything else but learn while they are suspended may soon find themselves sitting behind a desk instead.

Gov. Crist says the cuts would boost the state economy by fueling jobs, spending.

As state lawmakers look to tighten the budget, Treasure Coast school officials are looking to loosen rules on class-size reduction.