Category: Education

The PMA is excited to open the doors to Summer Art Camp’s for children Monday, June 4!  Their team of art educators is energized and…

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:…