LONG-RANGE LESSONS: St. Petersburg High math teacher Rob Tarrou takes his lessons to YouTube and gains an international following. (Times photo, Cherie Diez) 

BETTER: Florida deserves a better education plan than the one Gov. Rick Scott has offered, the Times editorializes.

REDUCING RED TAPE: Several superintendents recommend changes to Florida's education bureaucracy, the Tallahassee Democrat reports.

WE'RE THE TOPS: The Manatee school district offers an example of excellent STEM programs for the state to emulate, the Bradenton Herald editorializes.

EVER-CHANGING: Florida Gulf Coast University has embraced change as it has grown and faced new challenges under president Wilson Bradshaw, the Fort Myers News-Press reports.

HEAR THEM ROAR: All members of the Broward School Board are women for the first time, the Sun-Sentinel reports.