Category: Education
Main Street Milton to host Smithsonian exhibit (video)
Main Street Milton has been selected to host “Hometown Teams,” a Smithsonian Institute “Museum on Main Street†exhibit. The Smithsonian Institute also awarded Main Street…
PSC’s 2018 Holiday Experience to spotlight Warrington campus
Tickets are now on sale for Pensacola State College’s 2018 Holiday Experience. Presented by Michael and Jo-Ann Price, the fourth annual Holiday Experience set for…
Breaking news: Newpoint founder sentenced to 20 years (update)
Marcus May, founder and CEO of charter school management company Newpoint Education Partners, has been sentenced to 20 years for racketeering and fraud. We’ll have…
Another game changer at UWF
The University of West Florida and Institute for Human and Machine Cognition have partnered to develop a doctoral program in intelligent systems and robotics. The…
Entrecon: Talking Books, Business and Balance with Emily Ley
By Savannah Evanoff Emily Ley is everywhere you look. The author, business owner and mom to three might be found at her children’s school surrounded…
School Board may be in charge of Escambia Public School District
Pssst, Superintendent Malcolm Thomas doesn’t want anyone to know this, but Tuesday’s vote to switch to an appointed superintendent may have put the school board…
Upset of the night: Appointed Superintendent wins
Malcolm Thomas will be Escambia County’s last elected superintendent of schools when he finishes his term in 2020. The voters last night approved the referendum…
Appointed superintendent has 1100 voted lead
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and his fan club must be sweating. The appointed superintendent referendum is winning with only 10 precincts outstanding.
Poll: Appointed superintendent appears headed to defeat
If these polls hold, it looks as though we will still be voting for the Superintendent of Schools here in Escambia County. According to a…
Escambia County School District loses high school students at an alarming rate
Nearly half of Escambia County’s public elementary and middle are among the lowest performing in Florida. Accordingly, parents with the means have figured how to…
Did Global Learning Academy set back inner-city education?
Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas closed three inner-city schools and put the students in the $17-million, mega-elementary school, Global Learning Academy, which is located…
Malcolm Thomas’ failing Vision 2020
In August 2015 as the new school year was about to begin and the election was a year away, School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas announced his…
