Category: Education
We’ve got a portable for that. West side needs classrooms
The Escambia County School District has 475 portables that have 3,487 student stations, according to documents received by the IN via a public information request….
U.S. Department of Labor awards $3.9 million to UWF, Chipola College
Programs will train Northwest Florida residents for high-skill jobs PENSACOLA, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Labor awarded a $3.9 million grant to the University…
Pace teacher on Colbert Report
Pace teacher Dawn Quarles, who was cited for violating the Act for her voter registration efforts in her classroom, is feature on this segment of…
March 5 – Voluntary Pre-K registration
The School District of Escambia County will begin registering children who will be four years of age on or before September 1, 2012, for Voluntary…
No nurse for you!
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas sounds like the “Nurse Nazi” in today’s PNJ article about the state legislature cutting funding for school nurses. Despite having doubled the…
Watson Study recommended closing Suter to save money
My Outtakes for March 1 points out the unfairness in how Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and his school board treat the black community – “Black &…
Mayor responds to School District claim on discord on closed schools
Yesterday I posted an email from a concerned citizen about his request that the playground at the close Allie Yniestra Elementary School be made available…
School District blames City for playground issue
Mayor Ashton Hayward tried to work with School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas on the closed schools inside the city limits. They met over six months ago…
Hult Global Case Challenge Announces Regional Winners of US$ 1 Million Poverty Competition
The University of West FLorida needs to compete in this next time: (BOSTON – Feb. 28, 2012) Hult International Business School today announced the regional…
School District has $56.5 million in unrestricted reserves
The Escambia County Public School District has accumulated $56.5 million in unrestricted reserves, or 21.1 percent of total General Fund expenditures, according to the 2011…
Census Bureau: Bachelor’s Degree Attainment Tops 30 Percent for the First Time
In March 2011, for the first time ever, more than 30 percent of U.S. adults 25 and older had at least a bachelor’s degree, the…
Cover story gets attention
My phone has been ringing and we’ve received dozens of emails on the Feb. 23 cover “Black & White.” Much of their focus has been…
DOE Commissioner complains School Grading System too easy
This really points out how backwards the Escambia County School District is. The Florida Commissioner of Education Gerard Robinson supports changing the state’s school grading…
REPORT: Positive Student Outcomes in Community Schools
The Center for American Progress issued a report today proposing that community schools that provide services and programs for both students and their families positively…
Buzz: Pensacola loses Caterpillar plant because of schools
Caterpillar Inc. announced last Friday that it had picked a site near Athens, Georgia, for a plant that will build small tractors and excavators, investing…
National Study shows alarming increase of children living poverty
The number of children living in poor neighborhoods has increased dramatically during the last decade in Florida and elsewhere, according to a new report, set…
WEAR TV questions how District deals with closed schools
The Escambia County School District has closed 19 schools in the last 12 years. The majority were in African-American neighborhoods. WEAR TV reported on it…
Good Report Card for ECARE
ECARE is making progress in its quest to prepare children for kindergarten. One promise ECARE made was to provide tutors for children in pre-k classes…
A. K. Suter construction makes no sense
People are in an uproar over the $25 million proposed road construction on Pensacola Beach, but little is being said about the $21 million the…
Save A.A. Dixon
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has made it known that he plans to recommend in March that the school board issue A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence…
