Education

It’s not a new concern that law school graduates are having trouble finding work. But while the number of law school applicants began to decline this year, the 2012 graduating class of law students is still seeing high unemployment and underemployment rates months after graduation.

As students trickle out of the city after exams, streets are empty and the city of Gainesville becomes a ghost town. But instead of wallowing in the emptiness, there is a variety of events to be visited.

Parents of children who will be entering kindergarten in Alachua County this fall are invited to tour schools and meet staff at the Kindergarten Round-Up Wednesday.

The AVID program aids struggling students its second year at Bronson Middle/High School.

Hard work and dedication helped bring Santa Fe High School's speech and debate team to the prestigious National Catholic Forensics League's Grand National Tournament in Philadelphia in May.

Gainesville's Eastside High School was ranked No. 35 on the Washington Post's list of most challenging high schools. The school's ranking dropped 18 spots from last year, but Jeff Charbonnet, the school's principal, said he is pleased with the results.

On Monday, Governor Rick Scott signed an education bill that will let the University of Florida offer bachelor’s degrees entirely online. The online degree programs will cost 75 percent of current tuition costs.

Shell Elementary students are reading the book "Jason and Elihu" in an effort by teachers to get kids back into reading.

Janine Plavac and Kim Cook are two of the teachers involved in a lawsuit against both the state and district school boards. The suit has filed in response to legislation that requires teachers to be evaluated from student test scores.

The FCAT standardized test begins today in Alachua County schools.