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FAU -- 0 arrests since 2000; Florida Gators -- 24 since 2005.
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsIs Urban Meyer the Teflon coach? He just had the 24th arrest of a player since he arrived in 2005, and Lane Kiffin, who has yet to coach his first game at Tennessee and has yet to have a......Tags: Urban Meyer, Police Arrests, Police, Crime, Law and Justice, Florida
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FCAT mania: Evaluating to the test irks teachers
How absurd is Florida's new teacher evaluation system, which rates teacher effectiveness based on student standardized test results? In at least two cases, a school's "Teacher of the Year" has been given a subpar rating, threatening their jobs. Alachua...Tags: Students, Glades Middle School, Academic Progress, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Examinations
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Consultants don't want you to see who's financing campaigns
TALLAHASSEE — Cockroaches hide from the light. And so do some of Florida's highest-paid elections lawyers and consultants, who have done their darnedest this year to cover up the financing behind their election advertising. This election, we've...Tags: Mike Haridopolos, Republican Party, Politics, Local Elections, Volusia County
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Gainesville Superfund site moves forward
Planet Florida - Orlando SentinelFinal Cleanup Plan Approved for Cabot Carbon/Koppers Superfund Site in Gainesville. ATLANTA – Feb. 2, 2011) A final cleanup plan, formalized in a document known as the Record of Decision (ROD), has been signed by EPA for the Cabot Carbon/... -
Lawmakers looking at new high school graduation “pathways”
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThis is what the House K-12 education subcommittee is NOT considering (according to its chairman): requiring fewer credits to earn a diploma, eliminating high school course requirements, creating different tiers of high school diplomas or abandoning... -
Political consultants, secret donors, and the joke that is Florida campaign-finance law
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE – Cockroaches have a survival instinct to scurry from the light. And so do some of Florida’s highest-paid elections lawyers and consultants, who have done their darnedest this year to cover up the financing behind their advertising... -
State Board grants waivers to two F charter schools
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelTwo F-rated charter schools (one in Alachua County and one in Escambia County) were granted waivers this morning that will allow them to remain open, despite getting two F's in a row on Florida's school report card. The State Board granted the waivers... -
Rod Smith: On the French Republic, and GOP judicial politics
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith says he fielded calls from lawyers and fellow D's urging him to step into the Supreme Court judicial merit fight this fall. Sure it's convenient given the other races on his plate, but the ... -
Head of Council on Aging of Florida arrested
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The chief executive officer and assistant CEO of the Council on Aging of Florida have been arrested for using more than $2.75 million of Medicaid dollars to boost salaries and pay for personal expenses. Attorney General Pam Bondi's... -
Seminole Dems to rally, but need to import elected speakers
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelThe Seminole County Democratic Executive Committee plans a big dance-themed dinner rally Saturday to kick off Democrats' election campaigns there this year with an impressive list of speakers — but none actually from Seminole County, where elected... -
Seminole pulling plug on stormwater bills
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelMoney has been going down the drain for an expense that the Seminole School Board now has discovered it does not have to pay. Based on a recent court ruling, Superintendent Bill Vogel has recommended that the School Board pull the plug on payments to... -
UF hosting 4th annual Gator Charity Challenge
Swamp Things - Gators Blog - Orlando SentinelWith the start of football just weeks away, the Gators are getting together for some fun for a good cause. UF will host the fourth annual Gator Charity Challenge on Friday at 7 p.m. at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, pitting teammates against each other as they...
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