Category: Education

“Backpack Full of Cash” is an award-winning documentary narrated by Matt Damon.  It explores our national traditional public school systems under attack by those who…

Last month. Administrative Law Judge R. Bruce McKibben ruled in favor of Pediatric Service of America’s challenge to the Escambia County School District’s awarding its…

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and IHMC today announced a partnership between IHMC and the Pensacola Police Department to develop a police drone program to help…

The University of West Florida celebrated the opening of History Hall at One Palafox Place with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 7. History…

Escambia County schools open in less than a week, and the school district still has teaching openings. To fill the 30 or so jobs, the…

School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas finally had to admit that he didn’t know how to deal with the challenges of his most troubled schools. The Escambia…

For the second time, a judge has declared the bid practices of the Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and the Escambia County School District unfair and ordered…

This fall, fans can enjoy a more traditional atmosphere at University of West Florida football games with the addition of the inaugural Argo Athletic Band….

The University of West Florida has announced the Marc L. Cossich as the University’s new chief of police. He joins UWF with nearly 35 years…

I’ve received complaints that in my criticism of Superintendent Malcolm Thomas’ 10-year leadership that I haven’t taken into consideration that the state’s standards are more…

In 2015, the Florida Department of Education changed its grading scale for schools to avoid ‘F’ schools in Gov. Rick Scott’s second term, while the…

Global Business Solutions, Inc. is seeking full-time and part-time instructors with computer and Information Technology (IT) experience to teach our Cybersecurity courses. Selected candidates will…

The latest Inweekly/Political Matrix poll shows the Escambia County school board candidates have begun to separate themselves, but more than a third of the likely…

The News Service of Florida published this article on the pay for state university presidents. University of West Florida president, Dr. Martha Saunders, is near…

University of West Florida undergraduate students are working as teams to come up with solutions to problems critical to national security as part of an…

The Center for Independent Living Disability Resource Center today held its 28th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act Awards and Volunteer Recognition Banquet. Dr….

School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas used to track on his webpage the improvement of school grades for the elementary and middle schools in his district –…

According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 481 likely Escambia County voters, the majority (57.6 percent)  oppose the idea of the local school board appointing…

In School Superintendent Jim Paul’s year, the Escambia County School District had 40,924 students and 2,974 total teachers – see Teachers 2008-09. The overall ratio of…

In his last full year in office (2007-08), School Superintendent Jim Paul had 20 ‘A’ schools. Of his 34 elementary schools, 19 were ‘A’ or…