Howard Goodman: Only 27 percent of fourth-graders passed this year’s writing test, representing a plunge of deep-sea proportions.

Howard Goodman: The school has ruled the famed Marching 100 should remain suspended for at least another year.

Howard Goodman: Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 has long been a joyous model of high-stepping, boisterous precision. But since the hazing death of a drum major, it has been an organization in crisis, its reputation in tatters.

Howard Goodman: To save $1.4 million, the University of Florida is eliminating its computer science department. And that’s just the beginning of questionable decisions concerning Florida’s university system.

Alyson Klein: After two years, questions remain about the federal program providing billions of dollars to help states and districts close or remake some of their worst-performing schools.

The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting will host a live Twitter chat on Tues., March 27, at 7:30 p.m., to discuss FCIR’s upcoming High School Journalism Workshop.

Associate Director Mc Nelly Torres documented how Florida’s public school districts diverted federal money from education reform to patch holes in general operating budgets.

Howard Goodman: Hispanic and African-American parents in Florida and seven other southern states are wildly overconfident that their children’s schools are doing a good job and that their kids will go on to college and even attain advanced college degrees, a new poll shows.

Howard Goodman: Unless something unexpected happens, the Republicans who control state government are about to slash $300 million from Florida’s public universities.

Mc Nelly Torres: An FCIR analysis of data on child poverty, homelessness and subsidized lunches shows how much poorer Florida has become since the Great Recession.