Category: Education
UWF launches School of Education [podcast]
University of West Florida’s new School of Education uses action and innovation to shape the future of professional educators. The new school launched on July…
Podcasts: Escambia County School Board District 3
Listen to Dr. Laura Edler and David Williams talk about their backgrounds, why they are running and what they hope to accomplish if elected.
School Board candidate wants to lynch doctors
Santa Rosa County has one of the top school districts in the state, but it has attracted wackos wanting to push the school into right-wing…
Meet the Escambia County School Board District 2 candidates
Paul Fetsko, Ray Guillory and Kells Hetherington discuss their backgrounds, why they are running for Escambia County School Board District 2, and what they wanted…
Youth Summit: Career academies aren’t cutting it
School Superintendent Tim Smith, Assistant Superintendent for Operations Shawn Dennis and the rest of district’s leadership team were noticeably absent from the Youth Summit held…
Warrington Middle earns D, avoids death penalty
The Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) has notified the Escambia County School District of Warrington Middle School’s 2021-2022 school grade. In its initial report, FLDOE…
District explains Warrington Middle ‘Incomplete’
From the Escambia County School District: Escambia County School District personnel contacted the Florida Department of Education seeking clarification regarding the school grade of “Incomplete”…
Florida’s Bicentennial Closing Celebration [podcast]
The public is invited to join in the closing event for Florida’s Bicentennial Celebration on Sunday, July 17 at 6:30 p.m. in Museum Plaza, located…
Youth Summit on gun violence, mental health set for July 11 [podcast]
Escambia County District 3 Commissioner Lumon May, in partnership with the Youth Summit Board, invites the public to attend a Youth Summit Monday, July 11…
Hard facts for Escambia public schools
The Florida Department of Education yesterday sent out a press release bragging that school grades were higher than anticipated. “The number of schools receiving an…
Escambia School Grades, more D’s and F’s than A’s
The Escambia County School District has nine A schools – with Molino Park Elementary, West Florida High and the Pensacola Beach Elementary charter school scoring…
Escambia County School District gets B, ranked 48 out of 67 districts
The Florida Department of Education released today its grades for the 2021-22 school year. Escambia County got a “B” – the same as the last…
UWF College of Health gets new dean
The University of West Florida Usha Kundu, MD College of Health is welcoming David M. Bellar as the new dean of the college. “Dr. Bellar…
Children’s Trust: What high schools need help
English Language Arts: A pattern is developing…. School Name Number of Students ELA Level 1 ELA % WEST FLORIDA HIGH 676 60 9% J. M….
Children’s Trust: What middle schools need help
Three middle schools have highest percentage of students at Level 1, the lowest proficiency level, in English Language Arts and Math: Workman, Bellview and…
Third-graders in poorer neighborhoods struggled with reading this past year
Escambia County has 35 elementary school programs – two charter schools (Pensacola Beach and Byrneville), Escambia Co. Virtual Learning and 32 traditional public schools. The…
State forcing districts to use digital math platforms for K-5
The Florida Department of Education has only approved one publisher for elementary math classrooms, and it uses a digital platform – STEMscopes by Accelerate Learning….
Free speech battle not over for students [podcast]
While the once-daily newspaper has declared victory, the Pensacola High sophomore believes the freedom of speech regarding a proposed changing the school district’s handbook hasn’t…
Textbook publishers waiting for explanations from DeSantis, Corcoran
The Florida Department of Education yesterday posted on its website an outline of the 54 books that were rejected. The department scored the books on…
Few specifics provided on textbook rejections
By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — After a high-profile announcement Friday about rejecting math textbooks submitted for adoption by the state,…



















