I would like to respond to a portion of Chad Mohammed’s Thursday column in which he said, “The merit-pay plan is flawed and simply will reward teachers for teaching in areas with students of higher socioeconomic status and punish those who teach students of lower socioeconomic standings.”
Two bills working their way through our state legislature are aimed at bringing public schools into the digital age. They would either require 50 percent of materials spending to go toward digital books and e-readers, as in the Florida House’s version of the bill, or test the waters with certain schools investing in said technology.
When walking by Midtown, something might strike you as a little odd.
Cathy DeWitt, a UF alumna, will bring her music to Gainesville on Sunday when her band, Patchwork, performs at the Santa Fe College Spring Arts Festival in the downtown historic district.
As many of you have discovered, the price for student season tickets to Gators football games has increased for the 2011 season. The price has jumped from $70 to $105, an increase of 50 percent that has some students reeling. But before you complain about the change, keep a few things in mind.
The Gators’ green agenda has propelled them to a clean No. 1 spot.
The Gainesville Plan Board voted unanimously Thursday to approve a change to the city meal distribution codes.
Ready, set, write. There are internships waiting for you at the finish line.
From jeans to cellphones, apartments to new cars, we are bombarded with a multitude of options every moment of the day. But does this abundance of choice make our lives any easier?
After relaxing while Hudson Randall pitched a gem Friday night, the Gators’ stout bullpen flexed its muscles the rest of the weekend.
Honoring their seniors before the season opener would be considered odd in most sports, but it’s nothing out of the ordinary for track and field.
Although it was the biggest meet of the season, something was off for the Florida gymnastics team on Saturday.
For the second weekend in a row, the Gators went winless.
It’s not often in a round of golf that everything comes together at the same time, but that’s exactly what happened for the Florida women’s golf team Sunday at the Liz Murphy Invitational.
As Alexandre Lacroix reflected on a career defined by breaking records and setting standards, it was only fitting that he continued the trend on Senior Day.
Over the past few weeks, the concept of “American exceptionalism” has dominated the airwaves.
Let us apologize for going back on our word.
It might be racist. It might be heritage. Either way, no one seems to mind why or how Judy Byer gets her shipments of Ku Klux Klan shirts.
This letter is in response to the articles covering the deadly protest in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, which appear to be a result of the antics of the Dove World Outreach Center’s Terry Jones.
As the opening lines of Reel 2 Real’s “I Like to Move It” echoed through the O’Connell Center on Saturday, a mob of about 800 students rushed to the center of the floor.
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