Category: Education
Rubio misstates facts about student loans
Republicans in the Senate voted down a bill to block an increase in the interest rates for student loans last week. In explaining his “no”…
Doubling Stafford interest rate harms African-American households
More than 7 million students and their families rely on federally subsidized Stafford loans to help pay for college. The loans are distributed by the…
Oh no, preliminary FCAT writing scores are dismal
Preliminary data released today shows that only 27 percent of all Florida fourth graders scored a Level 4 or higher on the writing portion of…
PSC now in Gulf Breeze
Navarre and Gulf Breeze PSC commuters now have a campus closer to home located at 5075 Gulf Breeze Pkwy. “There is a great deal of…
Making Science Fun
For fans of Science Saturdays, a monthly program run by IHMC during the school year for kids in grades third to fifth, another science based…
Blog and DonorsChoose help local students
On this blog, we have an ad for DonorsChoose.org that leads to a link for donation requests by local teachers for their students. All politics…
Missing UWF student found
We just heard from UWF that the missing resident student has been found. The University Police Department has made contact with the student and he…
UWF student missing
From the UWF: UWF Police department is investigating a missing resident student. The student was last heard from when he was leaving campus in his…
“Bully” Showing at Movies 4
It’s a movie that you want to see and don’t want to see at the same time. But as more and more children are bullied…
“Next Right Thing”
The “Next Right Thing†extended-day tutoring program is meeting or exceeding their goals to help under-performing elementary school students read at grade level, according to…
Born to Learn
Today the Early Learning Coalition of Escambia County will dedicate the third Born Learning Trail at Roger Scott Tennis Center sponsored by Baptist Health Care,…
Santa Rosa Rookie of the Year
Joshua Simmons, a second year third grade teacher at B.C. Russell Elementary School, was recently named the 2012 Santa Rosa Rookie of the Year 2012….