Florida education news: University leadership, cell phones in school, science lessons and more

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MENDING FENCES: Florida university system chancellor Frank Brogan looks to improve the system's relationship with lawmakers . HE REALLY WANTS IT: Outgoing St. Petersburg mayor Rick Baker gets friends to mount a letter-writing campaign in support of his candidacy to lead St. Petersburg College. GETTING TO KNOW YOU: USF anthropology students get hands-on lessons about community by volunteering in Belmont Heights Estates. STOP THE MADNESS: The Palm Beach Post  editorializes about what it considers the misuses of FCAT results . WHO'S ON FIRST? Broward School Board meetings confuse all but the seasoned veterans, the Sun-Sentinel reports. CALENDAR BATTLE: Bay County's chamber of commerce is trying to convince the school district to start the 2010-11 school year later than planned , the Panama City

News Herald reports. CELLS IN SCHOOL: Some Florida schools decide it's better to let students use their cell phones for instructional purposes in class rather than try to ban them, the AP reports. LOVING SCIENCE: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University launches an all-girls robotics club to get girls interested in science, the Orlando Sentinel reports. A NEW DENTAL COLLEGE? FAMU looks into whether it wants to start a dental college , of which Florida has just two, the Tallahassee Democrat reports. Visit the Gradebook at noon for a weekend interview with Mariya Babaskina, product coordinator for Meal Pay Plus, which is used in Pinellas and Hillsborough school cafeterias.

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