Independent News‘Education’ Archives
BTW: Florida has one of the worse high school graduation rates in the country
The U.S. Department of Education released data last week listing state four-year high school graduation rates in 2010-11---the first year for which all states used a common, rigorous measure. Prior to the new methodology, varying methods used by states to report graduation rates made comparisons [...]
Overall Escambia graduation is falling further behind rest of the state
The overall graduation rate for Escambia County has improved over the past nine years, but so has the state graduation rate. Sadly the rate of increase for Escambia County public schools is much less than the state rate. In 2003-2004, there were less than five percentage points separating Escambia [...]
Only half of black students graduate from Escambia County public schools
The Florida Department of Education released on Friday the graduates rates for Florida public schools, according to federal standards. Escambia County has the lowest graduations rates in the area, especially among its African-American students. The state's graduation rate for white students is [...]
Former Gulf Breeze teacher named UWF provost
...she was also the president of the University of Southern Mississippi... Press Release: University of West Florida President Bense announces the appointment of Dr. Martha Saunders, APR as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. Saunders will officially begin on January 2, 2013. [...]
Truth for Youth Health Fair
Truth For Youth will be sponsoring, along with participation from Pensacola State College Student Nurse Association, the first annual Community Health Fair on Saturday, November 17 from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. The health fair will offer free screenings and early detection for health issues as well as [...]
Escambia County kids choose Obama
More than 6,500 students across the county, representing 15 schools, who cast votes online in this year’s election through a partnership with Kids Voting called “Double Click Democracy.” “It is exciting to see students participating in the democratic process,” said Stafford. [...]
Hammering Out the Libraries
The West Florida Public Library system got a Band-Aid yesterday for fiscal year 2013. Now the city of Pensacola and Escambia County must figure out a long term funding solution for the system. “We still have a lot of homework to do on it,” City Administrator Bill Reynolds told the Pensacola [...]
State Education Board votes to keep A.A. Dixon open
At today’s State Board of Education meeting in Boca Raton, the board unanimously voted to grant the appeal of termination by A. A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence in Escambia County. The waiver is a new process that allows a charter school with two consecutive F school grades to apply for [...]
UWF Downtown Lecture looks at security and transparency in digital age
By Shelby Smithey... Jocelyn Evans, chair of the University of West Florida Department of Government, will discuss how technological advances and terrorist attacks have affected political culture in her lecture on Nov. 8 at the Artel Gallery. Evans will be the second guest speaker as part of [...]
Bense: Altier has “other opportunities”
University of West Florida President Judy Bense said this afternoon that the departure of Matt Altier, vice president of administrative services, “wasn’t unexpected.” She said the two had talked about other opportunities he wanted to pursue. “I won’t stand in his way,” Bense said. [...]
Breaking news: UWF VP Matt Altier is no longer employed by the school
The mastermind behind the University of West Florida's purchase of Scenic Hill Golf Course, public-private projects that would bring hotels, housing and a football stadium to the main campus, and a $50-million historical tourism program to downtown Pensacola has left UWF. University faculty and [...]
City Explores Charter School
Should the city of Pensacola start a charter school? It’s a question the Pensacola City Council may decide to start exploring tonight. “It’s really saying, ‘the city needs to take it’s destiny in its own hands,’” Councilwoman Megan Pratt said today. Pratt brought the issue to [...]