Education News

Every year the Marco Island Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) singles out outstanding Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) cadets for recognition. And every year the members are newly impressed with the achievements of the students ...

The Collier County School Board agreed Monday to a $120,000 settlement agreement with former Superintendent Dennis Thompson, who sued the district last March for breach of contract.

Marco Island as well as Naples students have a choice about where to start or complete their high school education that includes attendance at the Marco Island Academy (MIA), a public charter high school that is tuition free. With the ...

Love was in the air at Marco Presbyterian Church last Friday — love of God and love of others. Church members and friends, from Canada to the Isles of Capri, shared their musical talents at Marvelous Marco.

Brian Flynn, Marco Island Charter School, is among five students to win Seacrest High School Merit Scholarships.

Touring the Marco Island Academy, a public charter high school, one can easily see that the facility has outgrown its tenants. Students, albeit seriously imbibing math and science lessons and exploding with creativity in art class, need more space to ...

The 285-page investigation released Wednesday also revealed a possible conflict of interest between Tom Petry and one of the district’s vendors, as well as allegations that Petry made male employees uncomfortable through unwanted physical contact.

School board members heard a presentation during their Tuesday board meeting, acknowledging the difficult year ahead for Florida educators and students.

Marco Island, known as the largest barrier island (four by six miles) within Southwest Florida’s islands has more than three miles of white sand beaches loaded with shells in a variety of distinctive sizes and shapes. Shells like starfish, sandollars, ...

If Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” were at Tommie Barfield Elementary (TBE) on a recent Friday, she would surely have reason to exclaim “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”

Tuesday, the Collier School Board approved the 2012-13 academic calendar that will end the second quarter and exams before winter break. “We had to focus on our priority — student learning,” said district H

He worked for Collier County Schools for more than 20 years. “He loved the field of education,” Margaret Jackson said. “He just had a way with children.”

It's been five months since principals and administrators conducted the first teacher observations using the new state-mandated evaluation system. This time period was considered the "hold harmless," or testing period. Come mid-January, the new teacher evaluation system will count

Collier County schools have stuck with the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, even as other departments across the state cut it from classrooms and researchers continue to debate whether it's a waste of students' time. About 3,000 fifth-graders go through ...

The 2nd graders at Tommie Barfield Elementary entertained a holiday crowd performing "flakes" complete with dialogue & song directed by music instructor Lisa Braren.