JACKSONVILLE, FL -- In a budget year when virtually every public service is being cut, local schools are managing to keep the classroom off the chopping block.

 

 

 

JACKSONVILLE, FL - Construction is underway on the first high school to be built in the city in 20 years.
 

NBCNC -- Gail Rodman has good kids, but they're not perfect.  So she was intrigued when she was asked to experiment with a book that seems to promise the impossible: start on Monday with a whole new way of parenting, and have a new kid by Friday.  

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FL - A fourth grader at Durbin Creek Elementary who has a passion for penmanship is now a state champion. 

JACKSONVILLE, FL - More students in Florida are writing at or above grade level.  That is how the Department of Education characterizes the latest results when it comes to writing on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.
 

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Average scores on the essay portion of Florida's standardized writing test are virtually unchanged from last year, and more than three-fourths of students still come in at or above the minimum standard. 

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- John Boswell says he was just trying to defend himself and his art students in a dangerous situation, but the Duval County School Board voted to suspend him without pay, pending termination.
 

By Lindy Thackston

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The Duval County School Board approved a new, strategic plan. They agreed it's exactly what the classrooms in the county need. 

SEATTLE, WA -- IQ tests are generally reserved for kids over the age of five or so.  

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising cocaine, authorities said Tuesday.