Florida Polytechnic University students build solar racing car for national competition

FOX 13's Carla Bayron got to take a solar car prototype for a spin on Florida Polytechnic University's campus Friday. Students are building the solar racing car from scratch.

Florida lawmakers consider changes to recess requirements in schools

For many, recess is an elementary school staple that's been around for years, but a new proposal in the Florida legislature could bring about some major changes. 

National Education Week: Spotlighting Tampa Bay area teachers

It's National Education Week, and FOX 13 is spotlighting some of the amazing teachers in the Tampa Bay area. 

From Taylor Swift to Rick Ross, pop culture courses are engaging new swath of law students

Law professors across the country are increasingly drawing on popular culture and celebrities to engage a new generation of students and contextualize complicated concepts in the real world.

Students put skills to the test in Hillsborough's Science Olympics

Young engineers from schools across Hillsborough County had their thinking caps on tight Saturday morning, as they competed in the district's annual "Science Olympics" and the Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI).

TGH, USF residency program hopes to recruit anesthesiologists and keep them in the Bay Area

Anesthesiologists hold important roles when patients go in for surgery, but places to train them are in short supply, bringing more attention a new residency program announced in Tampa.

Bay Area school does girls' makeup for life lessons: 'Everyone has trauma'

The IDEA Hope college preparatory school gave an all-girls class Hollywood-style makeup scars to help teach them an important life lesson.

Pinellas school board approves 4.5% increase in annual teacher wages

The Pinellas County School Board unanimously voted to approve a 4.5% increase in annual teacher wages Tuesday – the highest wage increase in years.