Category: Education

DeSantis picks Dr. Henry Mack for FL Education Commissioner. His 3 predecessors all landed college presidencies. Is PSC next?

ECT agrees to pay New World Believers $76K + swap vehicle titles, settling a months-long dispute over unpaid youth mental health services.

UWF trustees reportedly won’t discuss dropping NPR at Aug. 13 meeting—but nothing’s official yet. Here’s why you should still speak up now.

PSC hires Kayla Gordon—former Ole Miss assistant & Jacksonville Univ. legend—as new Lady Pirates head coach. Full story at ricksblog.biz

Your penny’s on the ballot, teachers finally get credit, and PSC students fought censorship & won. New Inweekly is out — read it all

UWF board will discuss dropping NPR from WUWF on Aug. 13 — sources confirm. 45 years of public radio history now on the chopping block.

Escambia teachers just earned the district its first-ever A grade. The district’s thank-you? No to duty-free lunch, no to bereavement leave.

WUWF’s exec director just quit for Ohio. The same UWF trustees who watched WSRE dump PBS now oversee NPR’s future here, too.

I don’t know who Zach Smith will pick as the next president of Pensacola State College, but the last three Education Commissioners have been chosen…

FL hits 60%+ proficiency in reading & math for the first time ever. Escambia’s middle schools are improving even faster.

Fitch just put Escambia schools on Negative Outlook—reserves below the safe line. It’s the preview of what the property tax amendment could do countywide.

UWF professor Dr. Karishma Chhabria Unrue just landed $825K to help cancer survivors rebuild their health — nutrition, fitness, stress relief, statewide.

Zack Smith just made himself chair of PSC’s presidential search committee. He ran UWF’s search too—and it produced exactly one finalist.

UWF trustees approve charter authorizer role for Somerset Academy — months after Diaz told the board the proposed campus school “is not a charter school.”

Pensacola’s Buona Fortuna Lodge marks 20 years by awarding 4 scholarships—including a first-ever Women in STEM award—and $80K+ given to students over the years.

Smear campaigns, missing $900K, library board power grabs, data center fights & a Pensacola mayor making history. This week’s stories hit different.

The Escambia Children’s Trust handed $900K to a family operation with questionable financials and little oversight. Now the public is left holding the bag.

Juneteenth festival, a rigged library hire, 80 years of Greenhut, Michelin’s first Pensacola pick & more. Inweekly June 11 is out now. inweekly.net

Florida spent $829M on budget “turkeys”—including UWF, Pensacola State & a Santa Rosa heritage site. Taxpayers deserve better. Here’s what happened.

John Oliver exposed New College’s $500K-per-degree political takeover—and the DeSantis playbook is running right now at UWF in Pensacola.