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Education
New Contract
Florida International University President Mitch Maidique has agreed to a new three-year contract that could pay him more than $500,000 a year in base salary, bonuses and supplemental compensation.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Top 10 Reasons to Do Business in Florida
1. Leadership
Florida has a robust base of technology- driven businesses, with 19,838 high-tech companies employing 265,484 high-tech/high-skill workers, plus a significant and growing presence in many new economy sectors....
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Published on 9/1/2006
A Ready, Responsive Workforce Partnership
From the moment Cardinal Glass announced in October 2005 that it would be constructing a $22 million plant in Marion County--and that the plant would eventually bring some 200 jobs...
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Published on 9/1/2006
Educational Excellence at Every Level
From pre-K through college, Florida is committed to preparing students for 21st-century opportunities.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Hands-On Science
Volunteers in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties' 235 fifth-grade classrooms will be guiding students in building telescopes, discovering kinetic energy and removing pollution from water (and more), as part of a plan to make science more exciting.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Recovering
The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools voted to restore Edward Waters College's accreditation and lifted a six-month probation imposed on Jacksonville University.
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Published on 9/1/2006
South Korea
"It's a big, wild fight for three years of high school. No friends, no love, just fight."
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Published on 8/1/2006
Russia
"This year, I didn't practice with a tutor because I was confident. Every kid can have a tutor (at) my age."
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Published on 8/1/2006
China
Ever since Su Ke was small, her family and society have stressed that only a university education would mean having a "good life and earn a lot of salary."
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Published on 8/1/2006
Germany
"I think it's very problematic to make a decision about whether a child is college-prep material at the age of 9."
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Published on 8/1/2006
Ireland
"Someone described our exam system as brutally fair. I thought it was a good description."
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Published on 8/1/2006
Brazil
"Traditionally, our education was too much oriented to content and not enough to thinking and doing."
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Published on 8/1/2006
Florida
"What I like about American education is that it recognizes not everybody has the same strengths."
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Published on 8/1/2006
Competing Against the World
Americans try to comfort themselves with three thoughts when they hear how poorly U.S. students do on international comparisons:
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Published on 8/1/2006
Carnegie Designation
Under the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's new classification system, the University of South Florida is listed as a research university of very high research activity.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Left Back
Miami lags many other large U.S. cities in a ranking based on percentage of residents over age 25 with a bachelor's degree.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Out-of-Field Teachers
In 2004, the percentage of newly hired teachers in Florida who were not appropriately certified dropped to 10.7%, the lowest level in recent years.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Opportunities
Because of her gender, my daughter is likely to have fewer chances to play on a team than her brother at most colleges in Florida and in the U.S.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Trendsetters - May 2006
Karen Dow, UCF; Peter Murray, Nova Southeastern; Christina Frederick-Recascino, Embry-Riddle; Jay Huebner, UNF; W. Gregory Sawyer, UF; Aswani Volety, FGCU; Greg Tolley, FGCU; Michael
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Published on 5/1/2006
Six of 10
In Florida, funding for career education only amounts to about 5% of total education funding and six of every 10 ninth-graders either drop out of high school or don't go on to college if they finish high school.
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Published on 4/1/2006
Northeast Florida Players - March 2006
Ron Stanley, Ed Burr, Kirk Goodman, Peter Bragan Jr., Alan Twaits, Hugh M. Durden, G. Harry Durity, Julius Genachowski, Laura Lasko.
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Published on 3/1/2006
No-Shows
Percentage of middle school students absent more than 21 days.
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Published on 3/1/2006
Hitting Its Stride
When John Hitt became president of the University of Central Florida in 1992, the school had 20,200 students and was mostly a local resource for community college transfers.
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Published on 3/1/2006
Jeb's Legacy
Jeb Bush's record has established him as one of the most influential governors in Florida's modern history, but which of his initiatives will extend significantly beyond his eight years in office?
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Published on 3/1/2006
