Category: Education

A parent just called to tell me that Escambia High School went into lockdown this morning. An armed trespasser was seen on campus. Escambia County…

This news story from the St. Pete Times has me wondering if the School District should invest in video cameras in the classrooms, at least…

Did you notice last week that most of the recipients of the administrative raises were female? The word I’m hearing is that discrepancies were so…

I am a numbers geek. Looking at the third grade FCAT scores that were released this week, I became curious as to how prepared these…

Top 10 Third Grade Classes—Three Charter Schools are in the top 10: MATH READING PENSACOLA BEACH CHARTER SCHOOL 100 100 200 BYRNEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC….

Three highest performing third grades were at Pensacola Beach Charter (100 percent scoring 3 or above), Byrneville Charter (96 percent) and A.K. Suter (95 percent). …

The Byrneville and Pensacola Beach charter schools have the highest percentage of student scoring 3 or above. The three most improved schools were Spencer Bibbs…

I’m working out of the office this morning. Looked at the test results for the area school districts. Escambia County matched the state average for…

Last night, hacker “N3td3v!l” replaced several of the Escambia County School District’s websites with a page that stated “We Love Iran” and images of a…

The Okaloosa County School system wants to start classes on August 4. State says they can’t do so. The state legislature passed few couple years…

The Department of Education will release the results of the Spring 2011 FCAT 2.0 Grade 3 Reading and Mathematics assessments tomorrow, May 26th, at approximately…

Miami Herald: The charter school movement is exploding in Florida, creating new opportunities for parents, educators and entrepreneurs. But are the results any better than…