Category: Education
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…
Blueprint for keeping college affordable
In his State of the Union address, President Obama called for a comprehensive approach to tackling rising college cost. Here’s his blueprint: Creating New Incentives…
Schools Make Education Fun
Taking a break from FCAT preparation, students at A.A. Dixon Charter School were treated to a night of skating at Landmark Skate and Fun Center…
Dixon and the District and the ‘Steep Hill’
School district officials wanted to shut it down. It was $100,000 in the hole and labeled as “failing†by the state. But a semester down…
Buzz: Suter to be replaced with $20 million new school
The Escambia County Public School District has closed three schools in African-American neighborhoods. The Superintendent would like to add Lincoln Park and A.A. Dixon to…
UWF Hosts Pulitzer Prize Winner and New York Times Journalist
Tonight at 6 p.m., the UWF Department of Communication Arts, School of Fine and Performing and Communication Arts and College of Arts and Sciences will…
Escambia School District shrinking, especially white enrollment
The enrollment of the Escambia County Public School District has declined since the 2008-2009 school year from 40,921 to 40,495. Hispanic and other minority students…
Are black children the problem with Escambia County public schools?
No, the problem is the Escambia County Public School District hasn’t figured out how to teach African-American children. Give or take a percentage point, 40%…
Escambia County Public School District ranked 44th in Florida
Out of the 67 counties in Florida, Escambia County ranked 44th, placing it in the bottom third of the state-even though it got a B…
Global Academy isn’t global
The new shining star of the Escambia County Public School District is the Global Learning Academy….the old one was Warrington Middle and we know how…
Ferry Pass Elementary and UWF Unite
The University of West Florida and Ferry Pass Elementary held their signing ceremony this morning at 9 a.m. in the school’s library. Spirits were high…
UWF adds second partnership with Ferry Pass Elementary
The University of West Florida (UWF) School of Education will expand its Partnership for Professional Innovation program to include Ferry Pass Elementary this month. The…
Bergosh continues attacks on A.A. Dixon
Across the state, school boards and administrations work hard to help inner-city charter schools teach those students that the public schools have failed. They offer…
Florida Ranks 11 in 2012 Quality Counts Report
Education Week’s “Quality Counts 2012: The Global Challenge – Education in a Competitive World†released the results today and ranked Florida eleventh in the nation…
UWF make U.S News & World Report’s Top Online Education Program rankings
Press Release: The University of West Florida was named in the first-ever edition of Top Online Education Program rankings by U.S. News & World Report….
Pensacola Pledge Scholars: More Good News
Just yesterday, students in Escambia County’s public high schools were given hope thanks to the generosity of Quint and Rishy Studer. “College education is the…
Photos from Pensacola Pledge announcement
Favorite quotes: Quint Studer on why he and his wife Rishy are establishing the scholarship fund: 1) “Our belief in the talent of the youth…
