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Ivy League schools that have traditionally had low acceptance rates have become even more stringent. Its a trend thats hitting home in Minnesota too.
7:44 AM, May 16, 2012

Marek Zorawski isn't one to slack off. The Cooper High School senior aced the SAT and is graduating with a 3.97 GPA. In between homework he also volunteers. He believed the hard work would get him into at least one dream school.

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A 29-year-old Riverview High School teacher is accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with one of her 18-year-old students.

Another teacher accused of relationship with student

11:53 PM, May 11, 2012

A 29-year-old Riverview High School teacher is accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with one of her 18-year-old students.

Juanita Heinzen

Head Start managers replaced following waste of tax dollars

10:14 AM, May 11, 2012

The entire Pinellas County Schools Head Start Board is being replaced, following a 10 News investigation.

As a charter school Lakeland High would become an independent public school with more flexibility in teaching style and curriculum.

Teachers approve converting to charter school

6:38 PM, May 10, 2012

As a charter school Lakeland High would become an independent public school with more flexibility in teaching style and curriculum.

Robert Champion

FAMU to decide fate of famed Marching 100 band

1:27 PM, May 10, 2012

Florida A&M University will soon decide the fate of its famed Marching 100 band in the wake of a drum major's hazing death.

Pasco teacher makes students wear dog collar

4:25 AM, May 10, 2012

Is is a punishment or just a pun? A high school teacher in Zephyrhills is now suspended after making her students wear dog collars for punishment.

Teacher makes students wear ''cone of shame''

11:48 PM, May 9, 2012

A Pasco County school teacher is in trouble for putting a cone intended for pets around her students' necks.

Pinellas guidance counselor compromises student identities

8:08 PM, May 8, 2012

To ease some of the concerns of parents and students, Pinellas School District officials say they are enrolling students in an Identity Theft Protection Service.

Police say a teachers aide is facing charges after she allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old disabled student.

Pinellas educator accused of having sex with student

5:48 PM, May 8, 2012

Police say a teacher's aide is facing charges after she allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old disabled student.

Student loan bill fails in Senate

2:27 PM, May 8, 2012

Battle looms as both parties seek to extend low interest rates for student loans - but can't agree on how to do it.

Jessica Hyejin Lee is an undocumented Bryn Mawr College student from South Korea and co-founder of Students for Undocumented Dreams & Decision Equity Now.

Colleges look at policies for illegal immigrants

2:21 PM, May 8, 2012

As undocumented students become more visible and vocal about their status, some higher-priced private colleges are being pressed to consider policies to make tuition more affordable for them.

Scene of the Friday morning accident where 16-year-old Jessie L. Herr jumped from the rear door of a school bus.

Teen dies after jumping from school bus

11:18 AM, May 8, 2012

Officials say a Jacksonville high school student who jumped from a moving bus last week has died.

Katlyn Rickman

Police: School bus driver at fault in deadly crash

11:38 PM, May 7, 2012

The family isn't happy the bus driver was only given a citation and a witness says he is shocked over the decision. 

Teens arrested for vandalizing Tarpon High

8:27 PM, May 7, 2012

Three students are under arrest for vadalizing the school.

Katlyn Rickman

School bus driver cited in fatal accident

6:52 PM, May 7, 2012

Lakeland Police investigators have issued a citation to the school bus driver who struck and killed 14-year-old Katlyn Rickman.

Wounded Marine makes graduation dream come true

6:51 PM, May 6, 2012

A delayed dream is finally coming true for a U.S. Marine.

Robert Champion

11th FAMU hazing death defendant arrested

4:24 PM, May 6, 2012

The last of 11 band members charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major has turned herself in to authorities.

4,400 students reported homeless in Miami-Dade

3:45 PM, May 5, 2012

Public schools officials say they counted more than 4,400 homeless students in Miami-Dade County in the last school year.

Forty-four states have anti-hazing laws but Floridas law is reportedly among the strictest.

Florida's anti-hazing law among toughest nationwide

7:06 PM, May 3, 2012

Forty-four states have anti-hazing laws but Florida's law is reportedly among the strictest.

Teacher Heather Viniar appears with Gov. Rick Scott in a new campaign-style ad.

Who is the woman in Gov. Scott's new ad?

4:06 PM, May 3, 2012

In new ''campaign style'' ad, Gov. Rick Scott appears in classroom with a teacher. So who is she?

Robert Champion, FAMU drum major. - Photo from Robert Champions Facebook page.

Somber reaction from FAMU to hazing death charges

4:54 PM, May 2, 2012

Florida A&M students and graduates say they hope the charges announced in the hazing-related death of Robert Champion help bring some closure for his family, as well as the university.

Board members sought for Florida Polytechnic

9:21 AM, May 2, 2012

The Board of Governors is seeking trustee applicants for Florida's newest public university.

School's robotic team wins world championship

5:54 PM, May 1, 2012

A shelf of trophies from this year marks the winning road to the First Tech Challenge World Championship in Missouri for team Masquerade 4997.

Police want your help finding four men who teamed up to beat a young U.S. Army soldier in a South Tampa street.

VIDEO: U.S. Army soldier brutally beaten in South Tampa

Police want your help finding four men who teamed up to beat a young U.S. Army soldier in a South Tampa street.

12:41 PM, May 14, 2012
A local law firm is offering $10,000 to anyone with information on the men who attacked a soldier in Tampa earlier this week.

Soldier Beating: Law firm, church offer rewards for information in the attack of Sgt. Johnny Aparico

A local law firm and a church are both offering rewards totalling $15,000 to anyone with information on the men who attacked a soldier in Tampa earlier this week.

5:10 PM, May 16, 2012

Video shows young soldier severely beaten by four men

Four violent men are still on the loose after beating a young soldier severely and leaving him on the sidewalk.

11:16 AM, May 15, 2012

Jennifer Holloway arrested for DUI in Fort Meade

Morning show personality Jennifer Holloway was arrested for DUI in Fort Meade Sunday night, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

2:27 PM, May 15, 2012
ort St. John shooting victims: On the very right is the mother, Tonya Thomas. Top, left to bottom right: Joel Johnson, Jaxs Johnson, Pebbles Johnson, Jazzlyn Johnson.

Brevard County Shootings: Experts say moms like Tonya Thomas who kill their kids are often driven by love

It's often a complex mix of motivations and stressors that lead a mother to kill.

11:16 AM, May 16, 2012
Former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader Sarah Jones

Former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader Sarah Jones pleads not guilty to sex abuse

Ex-Cincinnati Bengals cheerleading squad member Sarah Jones has been charged by a grand jury with first-degree sexual abuse involving a student when she was a high school teacher.

4:10 PM, Apr 2, 2012

Michael Agana's friends say Bayshore wall crash victim taken off life support

Friends say Michael Agana's family has taken him off life support, days after crashing through Bayshore Blvd.'s wall and into Hillsborough Bay.

6:08 AM, May 16, 2012

Authorities: Tonya Thomas shot and killed her four children before shooting herself

Brevard County sheriff's investigators say a mother took the lives of her four children during an early morning confrontation before turning the gun on herself.

4:05 PM, May 15, 2012
Deputies say Allysia Williams was one of 31 people arrested during a 3-day prostitution sting operation.

31 arrested in Polk online prostitution busts

Polk deputies say more than two dozen people were arrested as a result of an online prostitution sting operation.

3:29 PM, Dec 5, 2011

Teen girls Emily Starnes and Cosandra Tyree accused in cab driver's death

Investigators say two 16-year-old girls have been arrested and charged with murder in the 2011 slaying of a North Carolina cab driver.

11:13 AM, Apr 2, 2012

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