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Breaking The Cycle Of Poverty Is Kids' Work

Perhaps all children have an extra sparkle in their eyes during the holiday season, an extra bounce in their step, but none more than the 20 Hispanic children at Bread of Life Mission in Plant City. ...more

November 27, 2008

Students Learn 'Pow!r Play'

Tampa Electric Co. and Hillsborough County schools will launch a pilot program today designed to promote energy efficiency to third-, fourth- and fifth-graders through the theater. ...more

November 25, 2008

TECO, Hillsborough Schools Raise Curtain On Energy Play

Tampa Electric and Hillsborough County Schools on Tuesday will launch a pilot program designed to promote energy efficiency to third, fourth and fifth graders through the theater. Stageworks, a professional theater group, will perform Pow!r Play at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Lockhart Elementary School in Tampa, 3719 N. 17th St. The play, which runs through May 2009, is part of a three-year pilot project recently approved by the Florida Public Service Commission, Tampa Electric said. ...more

November 24, 2008

A-Train Puts Kids On Track To Recycle

Taylor Baccili held up her hand with reverence. "This is my Mike Alstott hand," the 9-year-old said. ...more

November 19, 2008

Teens Less Interested In Starting Their Own Business: Survey

The struggling economy has students thinking twice about their career paths. ...more

November 19, 2008

Teens Less Interested In Starting Business, Survey Shows

The struggling economy has students thinking twice about their career paths. Teens are less interested in starting a business thanks to a rocky economy, according to a poll by Junior Achievement. And local educators are seeing a change in some course selections because of career fears. Junior Achievement polled teens across the country and found 60 percent were interested in starting a business. That's down 7 percentage points from the previous year. ...more

November 18, 2008