Category: Education

Escambia County will host an informational session for people interested in selling foods made in their homes. The Escambia County Extension office is offering a…

The question that keeps popping up in my head is: What did Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and the school district administration do to prepare the teachers…

Escambia County had 3,161 third-graders take the FCAT reading exam. Fifty-one percent of them scored a 3 or higher on the exam, compared to 72…

The FCAT 2.0 results in math and reading are out for third-graders. Once again the state is trying to put a happy spin on the…

Take Stock in Children, a statewide non-profit organization with a solid history of breaking the cycle of poverty by providing scholarships, mentors and hope, will…

  Teens in Escambia and Santa Rosa County have the opportunity this summer to take part in two exciting events through Chain Reaction, the local…

In 2010, the Escambia County School Board voted 4-1 to approve a one-year, $1.8-million contract with Camelot Schools of Pennsylvania, LLC. to take over the…

Escambia High School had 60 percent of its ninth grade fail to test at or above their grade level. Pensacola High had 49 percent below…

The FCAT reading scores were released today for ninth and tenth graders. Only half of the Florida high school students who took the test performed…

My Outtakes “FCAT Reality Check” got picked in an expanded version by Florida Voices and Tampa Tribune’s Hernando Today. Imagine that you are asked to…

The Florida Commissioner of Education, Gerald Robinson, must still be catching heat over the FCAT writing exam results. He issued this statement on Wednesday afternoon:…

By Stephanie Sharp — At the school board meeting last night, seven Escambia county schools were presented with Energy Star awards. The Energy Star program…

Education Commissioner Gerald Robinson held a press conference this afternoon and allowed reporters from around the state to question him about the Florida Board of…

The Florida Board of Education voted today unanimously to lower the passing grade for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test writing exam. Preliminary results showed only…

Republicans in the Senate voted down a bill to block an increase in the interest rates for student loans last week. In explaining his “no”…

More than 7 million students and their families rely on federally subsidized Stafford loans to help pay for college. The loans are distributed by the…

Preliminary data released today shows that only 27 percent of all Florida fourth graders scored a Level 4 or higher on the writing portion of…

Navarre and Gulf Breeze PSC commuters now have a campus closer to home located at 5075 Gulf Breeze Pkwy. “There is a great deal of…

For fans of Science Saturdays, a monthly program run by IHMC during the school year for kids in grades third to fifth, another science based…

On this blog, we have an ad for DonorsChoose.org that leads to a link for donation requests by local teachers for their students. All politics…