Category: Education
DOE Commissioner complains School Grading System too easy
This really points out how backwards the Escambia County School District is. The Florida Commissioner of Education Gerard Robinson supports changing the state’s school grading…
REPORT: Positive Student Outcomes in Community Schools
The Center for American Progress issued a report today proposing that community schools that provide services and programs for both students and their families positively…
Buzz: Pensacola loses Caterpillar plant because of schools
Caterpillar Inc. announced last Friday that it had picked a site near Athens, Georgia, for a plant that will build small tractors and excavators, investing…
National Study shows alarming increase of children living poverty
The number of children living in poor neighborhoods has increased dramatically during the last decade in Florida and elsewhere, according to a new report, set…
WEAR TV questions how District deals with closed schools
The Escambia County School District has closed 19 schools in the last 12 years. The majority were in African-American neighborhoods. WEAR TV reported on it…
Good Report Card for ECARE
ECARE is making progress in its quest to prepare children for kindergarten. One promise ECARE made was to provide tutors for children in pre-k classes…
A. K. Suter construction makes no sense
People are in an uproar over the $25 million proposed road construction on Pensacola Beach, but little is being said about the $21 million the…
Save A.A. Dixon
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has made it known that he plans to recommend in March that the school board issue A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence…
Superintendent misleads PNJ and Board
On Saturday, the daily newspaper reported that “Escambia County School Board members said they were disappointed the district didn’t receive any credit from the school(A.A….
Gupta and Vena named Sunshine STEM scholars
Preeyal Gupta of Pensacola High and Roman Vena of Pace High have been named among the Florida Panhandle’s highest achieving science, technology, engineering and mathematics…
Allegations surface concerning Navarre High baseball coach
The Daily News reported that former Navarre High baseball coach Mickey O’Quinn resigned after allegations of inappropriate behavior surfaced. O’Quinn was being investigated by the…
A.A. Dixon Gets a Set of Wheels
Buses are something that most schools probably take advantage of, however the strain from renting them has cost A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence $150,000…
Escambia and Santa Rosa counties lag behind in AP exams
The Flordia Department of Education released an announcement that for the third year in a row, Florida had the highest percentage of high school graduates…
Black Man, White Robes
There’s a big difference between Daryl Davis and some of the friends he’s made over the years. He’s black and they were in the Klan….
Thomas to spend $16.5 million on new E.Ward Middle
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas is a numbers guy. When dealing with the African-American community, his mantra is always about numbers. He closed Spencer Bibbs rather than…
C-SPAN in Pensacola
You’ve watched it in the middle of the night on television, now come aboard the bus. The C-SPAN Campaign 2012 Bus will be making a…
Elementary Schools Academic rankings
Top 25% Helen Caro #221 Molino Park 236 Suter 294 Pine Meadow 342 Cordova Park 383 Scenic Heights 392 Bratt 402 Top 50% Byrneville 564…
Middle School Academic Rankings….not so good
There are 583 middle schools in Florida. Escambia County only has 4 in the top 50%–one of which, Brown Barge, is a magnet school. Top…
High School Rankings – Academic, not sports
Out of 404 public high schools in Florida: Top 25% West Florida #30 Top Third Pensacola High School (courtesy of IB program) #111 Northview High…
Buzz: Teachers must hand in tax returns to district office
I’m hearing that the District administration is asking teachers send in copies of front page of their federal income tax returns to comply with an…
