Category: Education

Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and the Escambia County School Board want to replace A.K. Suter Elementary with a new $21-million facility–the most the district has ever…

  FEATURED STORIES Parent trigger bill sparks fierce debate as vote nears By Leslie Postal Orlando Sentinel A proposal that could let parents decide the…

Lincoln Park Elementary has been on Superintendent Malcolm Thomas’ chopping block for nearly a year. The mistake he made this time was to tell parents,…

My latest column for Florida Voices is on the proposed “parent triggering” bill, the crowning blow to a decade-long effort to take “public” out of…

A report released today by the U.S. Department of Education has particular significance for Escambia County, in light of our cover story on such disparities…

UWF’s Building Construction program is dedicated to teaching students the latest technology, incorporating the highest standards in energy efficiency and environmental responsibility. Josh Newby with…

I reviewed the past 9 years to see how the Escambia County School District has grown General Fund Reserves under both Malcolm Thomas and his…

We know that local governments have struggled these past two years as property taxes have fallen and other revenues have declined. Salaries have been frozen,…

The Escambia County School District has 475 portables that have 3,487 student stations, according to documents received by the IN via a public information request….

Programs will train Northwest Florida residents for high-skill jobs PENSACOLA, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Labor awarded a $3.9 million grant to the University…

Pace teacher Dawn Quarles, who was cited for violating the Act for her voter registration efforts in her classroom, is feature on this segment of…

The School District of Escambia County will begin registering children who will be four years of age on or before September 1, 2012, for Voluntary…

Superintendent Malcolm Thomas sounds like the “Nurse Nazi” in today’s PNJ article about the state legislature cutting funding for school nurses. Despite having doubled the…

My Outtakes for March 1 points out the unfairness in how Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and his school board treat the black community – “Black &…

Yesterday I posted an email from a concerned citizen about his request that the playground at the close Allie Yniestra Elementary School be made available…

Mayor Ashton Hayward tried to work with School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas on the closed schools inside the city limits. They met over six months ago…

The University of West FLorida needs to compete in this next time: (BOSTON – Feb. 28, 2012) Hult International Business School today announced the regional…

The Escambia County Public School District has accumulated $56.5 million in unrestricted reserves, or 21.1 percent of total General Fund expenditures, according to the 2011…

In March 2011, for the first time ever, more than 30 percent of U.S. adults 25 and older had at least a bachelor’s degree, the…

My phone has been ringing and we’ve received dozens of emails on the Feb. 23 cover “Black & White.” Much of their focus has been…