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Clearwater Marine Aquarium “hauls in” big AT&T check for afterschool STEM programs

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The Clearwater Marine Aquarium ā€œhauled inā€ a $25,000 contribution this week to help underserviced local students. The donation from telecommunications giant AT&T will go toward afterschool programs that giveĀ 11- to 14-year-old students hands-on experience in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). A presentation ceremony Friday included a boat ride in Clearwater Bay pulling a net containing a oversized AT&T check. Leading theĀ event were David Yates, CEO of Clearwater Marine Aquarium, and state Rep. Ed Narain, who also serves as an…

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Today on Context Florida: Guns on campus, an eternal optimist and technology & the disabled

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Today onĀ Context Florida: Tom Oā€™Hara says backers and opponents of letting people bring guns onto Floridaā€™s college campuses canā€™t logically support their arguments until thereā€™s more slaughter to analyze. It appears that a bill that would allow students with a concealed-carry permit to bring their guns onto the stateā€™s public college campuses will become law next year. Sally Swartz calls Hobe Sound resident Jeff Wittman an ā€œeternal optimist.ā€ Wittman has never stopped believing that a 46-acre chunk of Florida scrub…

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Today on Context Florida: Sen. Jeb Bush, Rick Scott & hospital regulations and academic librarians

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Today onĀ Context Florida: As the prospects for President Jeb Bush fade, Jac VerSteeg says his fans should consider a fallback plan: U.S. Sen. Jeb Bush, R-Florida. That goal has many advantages. It allows Jeb to concentrate on a single state, and a state that knows him better than Iowa or New Hampshire. He has higher name recognition in Florida than any of the potential Republican or Democratic candidates, even though he has not stood for election in Florida since 2002.…

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Today on Context Florida: Standardized testing, Witham Field, Orlando culture and technology & education

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Today onĀ Context Florida: It is almost time to let the tilt-a-whirl of state standardized testing spin anew, says Shannon Nickinson. Escambia County students will soon begin Florida Standards Assessment testing in reading and mathematics. When students took the writing test earlier this month, technical problems caused the Escambia School District to suspend testing for three consecutive days. And the problems werenā€™t just in the Pensacola metro area. Districts all over the state reported similar problems. If you think that was…

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Jeb Bush pens op-ed for Atlanta Journal Constitution defending philosophy on education

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IĀ wonder whyĀ none of the Florida’s papersĀ reprint Jeb’s op-ed, which originallyĀ appeared in the Atlanta Journal Constitution,Ā defendingĀ his philosophy on education reform.Ā  An excerpt: Right now, the No. 1 issue facing Americaā€™s governors is the economy. In the short term, the focus, rightly, is on creating jobs and spurring growth to get our economy back on track. But nothing matters more to our long-term economic health and stability than the quality of education in classrooms today. The challenges are clear. The high-wage jobs…

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Floridians confident in the stateā€™s elections processes and technology

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According to new findings by the Leadership Florida/Nielsen Company 2010 Sunshine State Survey, there is a deeper level of confidence among Floridians in the stateā€™s elections processes and technology. After the embarrassment and national debacle of Floridaā€™s failed 2000 presidential election counts and recounts, the stateā€™s aggressive moves to restore credibility to local and state elections has been reflected in much higher approval ratings for the changes. When asked about areas in which the state is doing a good job,…

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In the face of declining poll numbers, here’s what Charlie Crist can do to save his campaign

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A new St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9 poll finds only 42 percent of likely Florida voters think Charlie Crist is doing a good or excellent job as governor ā€” by far the worst approval rating of Crist’s 34 months in office. Dear Charlie, It’s been a long time since I helped out on one of your campaigns. In fact, I think the last time we worked together you were running for…the U.S. Senate (do you remember the time when,…

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