Education
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Pinellas restructuring plan targets Clearwater schools
Kings Highway Elementary has dropped below 200 students and Clearwater High is running at least 80 percent full as Pinellas County Schools prepares to present its "Planning for Progress" restructuring plan at a Sept. 10 board meeting.
Education
Pinellas mom files complaint as special ed disputes surge 48%
A Largo mother's formal state complaint over her 4-year-old son's lapsed special education services reflects a national trend: written special education complaints jumped 48% in one school year, according to a new survey of 31 states.
Education
Pinellas restructuring plan targets Clearwater schools
Kings Highway Elementary has dropped below 200 students and Clearwater High is running at least 80 percent full as Pinellas County Schools prepares to present its "Planning for Progress" restructuring plan at a Sept. 10 board meeting.
Education
Pinellas restructuring plan targets Clearwater schools
Kings Highway Elementary has dropped below 200 students and Clearwater High is running at least 80 percent full as Pinellas County Schools prepares to present its "Planning for Progress" restructuring plan at a Sept. 10 board meeting.
Education
Pinellas teachers avoid feared premium hike as union, district strike deal days before school starts
The Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association and Pinellas County Schools reached a health insurance agreement on Aug. 5, setting family-plan premiums at about $475 per paycheck instead of the feared $1,200-per-month hike, while locking in raises of up to nearly $3,000 for veteran teachers just days before the Aug. 11 first day of school.
Education
Clearwater-based JWB honors 'Grandma Powell' for seven years of classroom literacy work
The Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County honored Christine "Grandma" Powell with its third KidsFirst Cooperman-Bogue Award of 2026 for seven years of volunteer literacy work in Pinellas classrooms, where every kindergartner she supported last year mastered letters and sounds.
Education
Pinellas County Schools earns third straight 'A' rating ahead of August 11 school start
Pinellas County Schools earned its third consecutive 'A' district rating from the Florida Department of Education on July 1, and Largo High's Chloe H. Schmidt won a National Merit University of Florida Scholarship, as families at Clearwater High, Countryside High, and other district campuses prepare for an August 11 first day of school.
Education
Clearwater camp pairs solar rovers with books to close boys' reading gap
Camp Read Strong, a boys-only summer literacy program at Plumb Elementary in Clearwater, is in its second year pairing STEM activities like building solar rovers with high-interest reading to help close Pinellas County's gender reading gap for rising third- through fifth-graders.
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