Category: Education
Florida Lawmakers Demand Accountability in Scholarship Payment Process
—Frustration Mounts Over Missing Student ID Numbers in Cross-Check System— Last week, Florida House PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee members expressed growing frustration as they grilled state…
Top Reads—Week Ended Nov. 8, 2025
The big votes on Reimagine Palafox happen this week. On Monday, Nov. 10, the Community Redevelopment Agency will vote on whether CRA funds can be…
Top Reads for October 2025
The blog set another traffic record, breaking the August record by 10%. Inside the Plan to Redevelop Grand Hotel George Hawthorne wants to transform the…
Florida House Resolves $47M School Voucher Crisis from 2024-25
Florida House PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee Chair Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka announced significant progress in resolving major fiscal issues that plagued the state’s scholarship programs during the…
Breaking: Gilley appointed to UWF Board of Trustees
The State Board of Governors approved two new members for the University of West Florida, further cementing Gov. Ron DeSantis’s overhaul of the governance of the…
IHMC’s Nadia wins 2025 Humanoid Robotics Industry Award
The future of humanoid robotics is being shaped right here in Pensacola. The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) has earned top honors…
How Should We Measure Escambia Children’s Trust Programming
Escambia Children’s Trust is touting on social media the number of sessions provided by the programs it has funded for the past two and a…
Super Sports Weekend for Pensacola
UWF Football The University of West Florida football team remains undefeated after winning a shootout on the road against Delta State. Ranked #3 nationally, UWF…
New Proposed UWF Code of Conduct Focuses On Consent Not Harassment
The University of West Florida administration has changed its proposed amendment to its Student Code of Conduct from defining sexual harassment to focusing on what…
Florida Lawmaker Targets Infant Mortality Crisis Through Medicaid Overhaul
State Rep. Alex Andrade (R-Pensacola) seeks to tackle one of the state’s most troubling healthcare disparities: infant mortality rates that disproportionately affect Black families. In…
Sheriff Simmons: Protecting Children Online
In light of a recent Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) operation that led to the arrest of 13 men for crimes targeting children, I…
Broxson Appointed to State Board of Governors
Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed former state senator Doug Broxson, R-Gulf Breeze, to the Board of Governors of the State University System. A respected leader…
Triumph Approves Term Sheets for UWF, PSC Projects
Triumph Gulf Coast Board of Directors approved the term sheets for significant projects at the University of West Florida and Pensacola State College. UWF’s term…
TBT, Politico Report on State Vouchers Issues
Two weeks ago, I reported on the accountability nightmare surrounding Florida’s state voucher program. “The scholarship program is about a $4.3 billion issue right now,…
A Petty Denial: New College President Refuses Emerita Status for Faculty Chair
In the ongoing transformation of New College of Florida—what many alumni call “the takeover” — President Richard Corcoran’s recent denial of emerita status to Professor…
Struggling with Kindergarten Readiness
In 2018, Achieve Escambia created the Kindergarten Readiness Action Network (KRAN). Why? For the first time since 2014, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) had…
Kindergarten Readiness by School
In 16 of Escambia County’s elementary schools, fewer than one in three kindergarteners reported being ready to start school last year. Six of the schools…
Yikes, Kindergarten Readiness Dropped for 2024-25 School Year
According to the Florida Department of Educaton, only 36% of Escambia County kindergarteners were ready to start school for the 2024-25 school year — a…
Former Trustee Calls Out New Pensacola State College Board
In viewpoint published by the News Journal, Pensacola business leader Julian MacQueen calls out the four new trustees who believes have altered the college’s successful…
Top Reads: Week ended Oct. 18, 2025
Little-known Pensacola attorney Zach Smith has tried to make a name for himself as Pensacola’s DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) enforcer. As trustess for both…
