Education

The person in charge of the state university system says higher education in Florida is in trouble because of ego and envy.  Chancellor Frank Brogan says that’s because all the schools in the state seem to be aspiring to be something else.  He says two year colleges are trying to …

As summer comes to an end, teachers are preparing for the first day of classes. Marion County teacher Chris Carlisle  starts his first day of teaching at West Port High School on Monday. Carlisle  was a lawyer for several years before becoming a teacher at a community college. Carlisle says …

Activity around the University of Florida has picked up with students returning for the fall semester.  As Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Jordan Matich reports.. University President Bernie Machen is also gearing up for possible changes affecting faculty and staff. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2011/08/FP-President-Machen.mp3|titles=FP President Machen]

With only a week until the start of school, back-to-school shopping is in full swing. Sanika Dange spoke with Consumer and Money-Saving Expert Andrea Woroch about money saving tips for students and their parents. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/WorochQA.mp3]

As students prepare to head back to school, a number of teachers in Marion County are not, at least not as many new teachers as four years ago. Only 90 newly-hired teachers started their Marion County teaching careers with orientation yesterday.  Just four years ago, that number topped 400. Florida’s 89.1, …

Marion County teachers have been spending the day in an educational workshop…but this time, the educators are the ones being educated. 600 teachers and administrators participated in the third annual “Day of Technology” at Lake Weir High School in Ocala.  Steven Gallo spoke with Marion County Public Schools spokesman Kevin Christian about the …

An expert on eating disorders has joined the University of Florida to develop a program from scratch to treat this illness that affects more than 10 million women and 1 million men. Doctor Kevin Wandler has worked exclusively with eating disorder patients for the past 16 years.  Now as Chief of Eating …

If there’s anything former Entomology professor Carl Barfield loved more than bugs…was his students. Dr. Barfiled taught his last class this summer after 35 years of teaching at the University of Florida.  Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Mike Biana spoke with Dr. Barfield who reflected on his time here as a teacher and how …

Superintendent of Marion County Public Schools has proposed the 2011 – 2012 budget. And as Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’S Kelsey Peck reports, these cuts are much larger than expected. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/MarCoBudgetWrap.mp3]

The number of students registered for kindergarten in Marion County is smaller than expected this year, worrying some school officials. With only seven weeks before the start of school, 1500 students have registered, about half of what would be considered normal. WUFT-FM’s Luis Giraldo talked with Marion County Executive Director …