Category: Education

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.

County officials hide facts about a library director candidate while spreading false claims about her interview, shoes, experience. Public records show how.

UWF’s international affairs director just earned a Fulbright Award—heading to France this fall to build new partnerships for Pensacola students

DeSantis’ education commissioner just landed the Polk State College presidency—and Pensacola State could be next in line for a political appointee.

Life’s A Dance promised to feed hungry kids—but no check was ever written. 2026 Schedule uncertain. Now people are all asking questions.

Sen. Don Gaetz landed $30M for NW Florida — UWF, Pensacola State, hospitals, roads, veterans & the arts. But Gov. DeSantis still holds the veto pen.

Five local students. $45,000 in scholarships. Gulf Winds Foundation is investing in the next generation of nurses, diplomats, artists, and tradespeople.

County Commissioner Kohler wants voters to decide if the Children’s Trust should survive—calling it an “unfair tax” that shortchanges county kids.

PSC reversed course and will print 100 copies of student magazine Just Opposed after free speech org FIRE challenged the college’s refusal. Students win.

A Holley-Navarre 5th-grade teacher just won FSU’s first-ever STEM Innovator award—and her classroom is unlike anything you’ve seen in Northwest Florida.

Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas is the sole finalist to lead Polk State College. Makes him the third commissioner to get a presidency.