Category: Education

Fifteen-year veteran elementary teacher says “I quit”. Parents need to know what is being done to their children – and it’s not the teacher’s fault!…

The Florida Dept. of Education has posted the AP exam statistics for the 2011-12 school year on its website.  Statewide 29.6 percent of the 10-12th…

Every time a new statistic comes out on education I find myself looking harder at what is happening in the Escambia County public school district….

All the high schools in the Escambia Public School District maintained their school grades for the 2011-12 school year, except for Northview that dropped from…

Rather than arming every school teacher, the simplest response to the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary is for Escambia and Santa Rosa school districts to…

Today, the University of West Florida Board of Trustees voted to name Trustee Lewis Bear, Jr. Chairman of the Board and Trustee Mort O’Sullivan vice…

The Orlando Sentinel reports that Seminole County commissioners today are expected to award nearly $1.5 million to the Harvest Time International charity in Sanford to…

By far, West Florida High has the best graduation rate of four-year high school students in Escambia County, but how do the other county high…

These high school graduation rates for four-year students is done using the methodology developed by the U.S. Dept. of Education to develop a graduation rate…

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…

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…

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…

…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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…