Category: Education

Parents have contacted Inweekly about the Escambia County School Board’s vote yesterday to cut the millage from 6.325 in 2018-2019, to 6.043 in 2019-2020. In…

Last year, Marcus May, the founder of Newpoint Education Partners, was convicted of stealing over $5.2 million through a complicated scheme involving Newpoint-managed charter schools…

The statewide grand jury investigating school safety  has uncovered “numerous”  Florida school districts that are not in compliance with the post-Parkland school security laws. Weeks…

The Escambia County School Board is reviewing the proposed job description and district policies regarding the district’s appointed superintendent of schools. The proposals passed out…

Escambia County teachers have been sharing their challenges, issues and views on what is happening in their classrooms. The picture that they paint is very…

By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Public schools will be required to teach students at least five hours of mental health…

Following Governor Ron DeSantis’ directive to recruit and maintain high quality teachers in areas of critical concern to our students, Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran…

Around 90 million American workers will require some degree of new training to hold onto their jobs in the near future, according to Andy Van…

By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Lawyers representing teachers are accusing the Florida Department of Education of improperly allowing school districts…

The Florida Department of Education issued 2018-19 school and district grades last Thursday. The state focused on “A”’s and “B”’s as the measure for success….

The public is encouraged to stop by one of four collection events planned for July 17 and 18 to make a donation to help “Stuff the Bus.”…

The Escambia County School District earned a B for the 2018-19 school year. However, the district performed poorly when compared to other large school districts…

Inweekly wants to hear from Escambia County teachers about the conditions in their schools so that the community can better understand the challenges you face….

Some in the Escambia County School District administration offices will privately say that problems with Escambia schools are tied to race – too many minority…

Earlier this week, Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas blamed the district’s low assessment scores on Escambia County’s poverty. “Children in poverty don’t have the…

In Northwest Florida, Escambia County has the lowest median teacher pay: Okaloosa: $47,693 Santa Rosa: $44,062 Escambia: $41,500 The state average for median pay for…

The good news is the Escambia County School District has 8 “A” elementary schools, 1 “A” middle school and 1 “A” high school. The bad…

The Escambia County School District earned 606 points to get a B grade for the 2018-19 school year, according to data released today by the…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Three of the region’s elected officials held court in Escambia High School’s library Tuesday evening for the Westside Town Hall. During…

Based on the assessment scores, the Escambia County School Board may want to consider hiring an outside firm to run the entire school district Last…