Category: Education

Now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed five members to complete the Escambia Children’s Trust board of directors, the nonprofit is set to launch later…

The University of West Florida will honor traditions, engage in the community and celebrate the future of the University during its third annual Founders Week,…

Now the Escambia Children’s Trust has a full board, what happens next? Will Dunaway of the Clark Partington law firm did a white paper on…

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced his Get There Faster Initiative, a $75 million dollar investment of funds from the Biden administration toward to expand access…

A month after Commissioner Lumon May held up the Escambia Children’s Trust from hiring an interim director and borrowing funds, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the…

The biggest story coming of out Pensacola this week is the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s arrest of Bellview Elementary School Assistant Principal Laura Rose…

Pensacola, Fla. – March 17, 2021 – Gov. Ron DeSantis recently announced the appointment of Dr. Paul Hsu and reappointment of Lewis Bear Jr. and…

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has uncovered election fraud – not in the 2020 presidential election but in homecoming queen race. FDLE agents Monday…

Escambia County’s Kindergarten Readiness improved by one percentage point over the 2019-20 school year, 47% to 48%, while Santa Rosa jumped 21 points from 57%…

Pensacola, Fla. – March 4, 2021 – The University of West Florida earned the 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation….

The Escambia Children’s Trust sputtered through its February meeting with chair Patty Hightower pushing for the partial board to move on a timetable recommended by…

We are at 1,075 children and counting in Basics Insights, and the Studer Community Institute (SCI) needs your help to reach their goal of 5,000…

Florida Historical Commission approved changing the name of the T.T. Wentworth Museum to the Pensacola Museum of History at the University of West Florida.  The change…

More than 20 Northwest Florida employers are looking to hire at the 27th Multicultural Job Fair set for 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 6. Hosted…

The University of West Florida is accepting applications for the Industry Resilience and Diversification Fund, a regional economic development program with the goal to distribute…

The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation has partnered with the University of West Florida to offer six workshops to help parents support their student and…

The largest charter scandal in the state happened under Supertintent Malcolm Thomas’ watch. Inweekly broke the story with the help of then-School Board member Jeff…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Stalled negotiations are rebooting today between the Escambia County School District and the teachers’ union. During a Tuesday evening meeting of…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Officials with the Escambia County School District kicked-off its strategic planning process Thursday, which includes gathering both internal and external input…

Escambia County School District’s Superintendent Dr. Timothy A. Smith and the members of the Escambia County School Board kick off a community-wide strategic planning initiative…