Florida education news: For-profit med school, FSU president, high school speed zones and more

By at 26 December, 2009, 7:13 am

GOOD ENOUGH? Federal regulators are taking a closer look at whether taxpayer money is being poorly used by off-shore for-profit medical schools like Ross University School of Medicine, which has operations in Miami, too. HELPING OUT: The Tarpon Springs High marching band raises money for a Tennessee school drummer who was injured in a car accident. VISION FOR FSU: New Florida State president Eric Barron brings a welcome academic mindset  to a university still struggling to define itself, the Times editorializes. Related story . A DECADE OF CHANGE: The Herald-Tribune reviews major education reforms that Florida went through in the 2000s. LABOR NEWS: At impasse, the Clay teachers union blasts the administration

as Grinch-like, the Florida Times-Union reports. FIGURE IT OUT: Kids in Duval's Lee High hone their critical thinking in a forensics science course, the Florida Times-Union reports. NOT RAIL: Broward superintendent Jim Notter tells lawmakers that Florida needs to pay for improved schools before it embarks upon a major rail project, the Sun-Sentinel reports. SLOW DOWN: Palm Beach looks into putting speed zones outside high schools , the Palm Beach Post reports. Visit the Gradebook at noon for an interview with Pasco County school counselors Lizette Alexander and Stacey Brazier.

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Florida education news: For-profit med school, FSU president, high school speed zones and more

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