@ThomasCTobin

Assistant Metro Editor / Tampa Bay Times (Education, Clearwater)

 St. Petersburg, FL
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@TB_Times13 Feb 2023
“This College Board, like, nobody elected them to anything,” DeSantis said. “They are just kind of there, and they provide a service and so you can either utilize those services or not.” trib.al/fjjrtz2

DeSantis hints at doing away with Advanced Placement courses in Florida

“Nobody elected them to anything,” he said of the College Board, which administers AP courses.

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Meanwhile at @NewCollegeofFL, trustees agreed to pay @richardcorcoran $699K to be interim president. His predecessor was paid $305K. via @divyadivyadivya tampabay.com/news/education/…

New College board more than doubles president’s pay for Richard Corcoran

Trustees approve a $699,000 base salary for the former Florida House speaker and education commissioner. He’s the school’s new interim president.

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UPDATED: “I think that would really put the students of Florida at a disadvantage,” @pascoschools senior Stella Tucker said. She suggested officials should talk to students. "They’re the ones who would really be affected by all this.” tampabay.com/news/education/…

DeSantis hints at doing away with Advanced Placement courses in Florida

“Nobody elected them to anything,” he said of the College Board, which administers AP courses.

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NEW: College Board blasts @educationFL, @GovRonDeSantis over continued criticism of AP African American studies course in Saturday night letter it said couldn't wait. tampabay.com/news/education/…
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Should Florida middle and high schoolers get more sleep before school? A proposal in the state House would require it. tampabay.com/news/education/…

Florida House bill proposes later start times for middle and high schools

Lawmakers cited research indicating that teens perform better academically when not sleep-deprived.

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Time to be a citizen. tampabay.com/news/florida-po…

Florida election 2022: how to go vote, what’s on your ballot

Check out our coverage of the Florida governor’s race, the campaign between Marco Rubio and Val Demings, and so much more.

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Hillsborough teachers make their case for pay with dire tales from the front tampabay.com/news/2022/11/05…

Hillsborough teachers make their case for pay with dire tales from the front

The School Board hears more accounts of neglect and despair in schools as contract talks drag on.

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Sen. Ben Sasse chosen as 13th UF president in unanimous vote of trustees tampabay.com/news/education/…

Sen. Ben Sasse chosen as 13th University of Florida president in unanimous vote

Controversial search is all but over with state Board of Governors expected to ratify the pick next week.

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Asked if she believed that the moon landings, the Sept. 11 attacks and the pandemic were hoaxes, she said, “I have no idea.” tampabay.com/news/education/…

Does she support QAnon? That and other questions as Pinellas races get rough.

A photo shows candidate Dawn Peters with a QAnon group, one of many emerging topics in a salty campaign for School Board.

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If Hillsborough charter schools continue to grow at the current rate, they could make up 30% or 40% of the district’s enrollment in the next decade. tampabay.com/news/education/…

What Hillsborough parents need to know as charter schools grow

Recently released numbers show continued gains for the privately operated public schools. What’s ahead?

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“My intent in proposing the public records exemption was that they would always propose multiple candidates,” said @JeffreyBrandes, the law's co-sponsor. UF’s presidential search was not done as Florida law intended, lawmaker says. via @divyadivyadivya tampabay.com/news/education/…

UF’s presidential search was not done as Florida law intended, lawmaker says

Sen. Jeff Brandes, the law’s co-sponsor, said the university’s naming of a single finalist isn’t what he had in mind.

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UF's would-be president weighed in on "the Tiger King lady," gym teachers, murder hornets and more. tampabay.com/news/education/…

People are talking about a 2020 speech by Ben Sasse. Here’s what he said.

UF’s would-be president gave a wild commencement address via Zoom that touched on killer insects, stressed-out hamsters and more.

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Interesting day in Gainesville with a comprehensive report from @divyadivyadivya tampabay.com/news/florida-po…

UF greets presidential finalist Ben Sasse with protests, tough questions

The Republican senator from Nebraska meets opposition to his stances on same-sex marriage, tenure.

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Details on the plan, the financing, the people involved and more. tampabay.com/news/clearwater…

Clearwater’s referendum on the $400M bluff project: What voters need to know.

Details on the plan, the financing, the people involved and what this could do for the city’s ailing downtown.

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University of Florida’s finalist for president is Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse tampabay.com/news/education/…

University of Florida’s finalist for president is Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse

The nationally known lawmaker called UF “the most interesting university in the country.”

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Tracey McManus@TroMcManus27 Sep 2022
🧵 There are 442,259 living in zones under mandatory evacuation in Pinellas County As of Tues afternoon, 706 people checked in 3 county shelters. Pinellas didn’t let media inside due to “privacy” but let me talk to folks in parking lot and animal section at Largo High @TB_Times
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Tampa Bay school closures: an updated list tampabay.com/hurricane/2022/…

School closures: Tampa Bay area school districts prepare for Hurricane Ian

Plus the latest on Florida colleges and universities.

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UF keeps No. 5 spot in new US News ranking, while USF and UCF climb tampabay.com/news/education/…

UF keeps No. 5 spot in new US News ranking, while USF and UCF climb

Measured against the nation’s other public universities, Florida schools continue to do well.

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We rarely get such a direct view into how Scientology inserts itself in land deals as these city emails show Scientology asked a developer to move his affordable housing. He abandoned it entirely and declined to answer if the church paid him @TB_Times tampabay.com/news/clearwater…

Clearwater housing project had a green light. Then Scientology stepped in.

The developer says church dealings didn’t kill the project, but records tell a more complicated tale.

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