In just a little while, the Hillsborough School Board will meet to decide whether to ask voters for a real estate tax for higher employee pay. The backstory is here. tampabay.com/news/education…. Let's listen in.

Tiger Bay to Hillsborough School Board candidates: How do you justify another tax? Here's what they said. tampabay.com/news/education…

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Hillsborough schools need more money to hire teachers, Ayres says. Can he convince the voters? Or even his own School Board? It's go time. tampabay.com/news/education…

Three out of four do NOT think schools are peddling porn. We checked in with Hillsborough School Board candidates at Tiger Bay. tampabay.com/news/education…

Phonics is all the rage as a way to get reading instruction back on track. Sounds old-school, right? But don't judge until you have seen a lesson like Barbara Zimmer's at Bay Crest Elementary . These second grade kids were ALL IN. tampabay.com/news/education…

Hillsborough Teacher of the Year is Clayton Nylund of HWBlake . Diversity Educator is Ilfaut Joseph of @HCPSJenningsMS and Support Employee is Maria Ortiz of TempleTerraceElem. Read about them here: tampabay.com/news/education…

Jasmine Walker (thanks for the introduction,
Melissa Erickson!) is 1 of 5 high schoolers who literally stole the show at the Tampa Bay Times
Spotlight on education last night. We got a good taste of how today's culture wars are affecting kids and their education. A wonderful crowd!

'Put away your phone,' they told the kids at Webb Middle School. And guess what? It really was okay. tampabay.com/news/education…

Signed, sealed and delivered: Van Ayres is the superintendent of the Hillsborough schools. tampabay.com/news/education…

Coming to a school near you: Instruction in both Spanish and English. Behind the scenes it is a lot of hard work, much of it done by teachers with lived experience in bilingual settings. tampabay.com/news/education…

This one happened at close to midnight: Hillsborough school board OKs women’s soccer stadium deal at Blake High tampabay.com/news/education…

Hillsborough School Board struggles to get a tax referendum on the ballot. tampabay.com/news/education…

Tampa’s first women’s professional soccer team could kick off its inaugural season at Blake High School. tampabay.com/news/tampa/202…

The Hillsborough school district settled early with the teachers this year. Did they buy enough goodwill to get a tax referendum passed?The conversation begins next Tuesday. tampabay.com/news/education…

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Excellent data-based reporting by Ian Hodgson that will make you scratch your head and wonder: Is this why English teachers are running scared? tampabay.com/news/education…

Hillsborough teachers push for 7.25% raises at a time of Miami-high housing costs. They say the district has the money. But, as always, there are complicating factors. tampabay.com/news/education…