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Teaching the teachers: What's changed in education
But Matthew Shields, a fourth-grade teacher at Lakewood's Emerson Elementary School, points out the technology has gone way beyond a keyboard. Shield serves as a technology coach in a district that is retooling all its schools to ...
Congresswoman Emerson
Prayer in school: what a tender topic to address. With all the legislation involving school prayer however, not addressing it would be ignoring the giant white elephant in the capitol. Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson’s new bill, H.J. RES. ...
Magazine Gives Florida 'C' In School
In its "Quality Counts" report set for release today, Education Week magazine gave Florida the below-average grade of C-minus when it comes to school finance. Florida spends, on average, $8437 per student, placing it 41st among states. ...
Study Touts Benefits Of School
By ADAM EMERSON. aemerson@tampatrib.com. Published: January 6, 2009. The number of students in Florida receiving private school vouchers backed by corporate taxes has grown by 86 percent since 2003, to nearly 21500 students, ...