Category: Education
Two Escambia High football coaches suspended, questions linger
Escambia High head football coach Scott Anderson and assistant coach Timothy Jansky have been placed on administrative leave with pay after the Escambia County Sheriff…
Buzz: Escambia High coaches under investigation
We’ve heard that the football coaches at Escambia High School are under investigation by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office after a student and a school…
Dixon miracle has strings
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and the School Board relented to public pressure and agreed to allow A.A. Dixon Charter School to stay open for the entire…
Teacher merit pay doesn’t improve test scores, creates cheaters
Freakonomics says that there’s been “some pretty damning evidence” proving that merit pay for teachers doesn’t work for teachers or their pupils. The research shows…
More on Dixon showdown tonight
IN reporter Jeremy Morrison interviewed Rev. Lutimothy May about tonight’s Escambia County School Board vote on whether to close A.A. Dixon Charter School. If the…
A.A. Dixon responds to Superintendent Thomas and his workshop
A.A. Dixon is fighting back–their parents, teachers, the churches and the community aren’t going to go away quietly. Tomorrow night’s School Board meeting could be…
Thomas tells IN that he is in favor of closing A.A. Dixon
IN reporter Jeremy Morrison interviewed Escambia County Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas today about the School Board tomorrow on whether to close the A.A. Dixon…
Buzz: Superintendent Thomas withheld Title I funds from Dixon Charter School
One of the big justifications for closing A.A. Dixon Charter School is that it had nearly $100,000 operating deficit in its first school year, 2010-2011….
Buzz: GLA getting portables
My earlier buzz item has spurred a flurry of text messages and emails. The Global Learning Academy has taken in so many students from outside…
Buzz: Thomas out to close A.A. Dixon
The word from the Pace Boulevard Palace (Escambia Co. School Administration office) is Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has made up his mind about closing the A.A….
Arby’s Hometown Hero: Dylan Dalrymple
Pensacola High School IB Student Dylan Dalrymple has been recognized as an Arby’s Hometown Hero.
Percentage taking ACT drops significantly at Pine Forest
State Senator Don Gaetz talks about the importance of encouraging all seniors to attend college, two and four years colleges. He measured it by how…
Another abandoned school eyesore
This is the one that you have seen for decades from I-110 Southbound. The building was once a school (J. Lee Pickens School), then the…
ACT Scores: Gulf Breeze tops area
Gulf Breeze High School led the area in ACT scores for the 2010-2011 school year. Pensacola High has the highest scores for the Escambia County…
Brownsville Middle School continues to deteriorate (photos)
While Mayor Hayward and the City are dealing with the old Blount school, Brownsville Middle School on West Avery Street remains abandoned. I visited the…
UWF welcomes 12,021 students
UWF meets goal of 12K students on campus a year ahead of schedule. – Press Release: The University of West Florida (UWF) welcomed to campus…
Why did PNJ place pressure on 3rd graders?
Today’s front-page headline of the Pensacola News Journal states the third graders face “crunch time” because this is the first year that these eight and…
Go, Judy, go
Press Release: UWF President appointed to NCAA Division II Presidents Council – University of West Florida (UWF) President Judith A. Bense has been elected as…
Buzz: GLA students coming from all over district
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas promised the public that only students inside the school’s attendance zone (inner-city of Pensacola) would be allowed to attend the new Global…
Escambia Public Schools have huge disparties
You have to know where to look for it on the Florida Department of Education website. All the Florida Public School District failed to make…
