Category: Education
Wait-and-see for Warrington Middle
Teachers to be Shuffled by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Florida’s students, teachers and schools were cut a break when Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran recently issued an…
UWF named Military Friendly® Spouse School
Pensacola, Fla. – April 22, 2021 – The University of West Florida has been recognized as a Military Friendly® Spouse School in the large public…
MESS Hall: Citizen Science Initiative
The Pensacola MESS Hall is recruiting members of the general public to become citizen scientists. Armed with phones and computers, these citizen scientists will gather…
How does waiver impact Warrington Middle?
Escambia awaits clarification from DOE by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Last week, Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an emergency order waiving accountability measures tethered to…
Assessment Tests Reprieve
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Educators and students received some much anticipated news last Friday: Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an emergency order waiving state assessment…
‘Better Together’ essay winners
Together Pensacola, a nonprofit whose mission is to promote equality and value of all citizens in the Pensacola Bay area, sponsored a essay contest for…
Escambia Children’s Trust launches this month
Now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed five members to complete the Escambia Children’s Trust board of directors, the nonprofit is set to launch later…
UWF Founders Week starts April 10
The University of West Florida will honor traditions, engage in the community and celebrate the future of the University during its third annual Founders Week,…
Best practices for Children’s Trust
Now the Escambia Children’s Trust has a full board, what happens next? Will Dunaway of the Clark Partington law firm did a white paper on…
DeSantis want to help students ‘Get There Faster’
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced his Get There Faster Initiative, a $75 million dollar investment of funds from the Biden administration toward to expand access…
Trust appointees a victory for Commissioner May
A month after Commissioner Lumon May held up the Escambia Children’s Trust from hiring an interim director and borrowing funds, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the…
Scandal reveals new day at school district
The biggest story coming of out Pensacola this week is the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s arrest of Bellview Elementary School Assistant Principal Laura Rose…
Gov. DeSantis appoints new UWF trustees
Pensacola, Fla. – March 17, 2021 – Gov. Ron DeSantis recently announced the appointment of Dr. Paul Hsu and reappointment of Lewis Bear Jr. and…
FDLE uncovers election fraud
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has uncovered election fraud – not in the 2020 presidential election but in homecoming queen race. FDLE agents Monday…
Kindergarten readiness lags behind state, Achieve Escambia goal
Escambia County’s Kindergarten Readiness improved by one percentage point over the 2019-20 school year, 47% to 48%, while Santa Rosa jumped 21 points from 57%…
UWF earns recognition as 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education
Pensacola, Fla. – March 4, 2021 – The University of West Florida earned the 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation….
Trusting the trust
The Escambia Children’s Trust sputtered through its February meeting with chair Patty Hightower pushing for the partial board to move on a timetable recommended by…
Basic Insights Sign-up
We are at 1,075 children and counting in Basics Insights, and the Studer Community Institute (SCI) needs your help to reach their goal of 5,000…
Breaking News: State commission approves name change for Wentworth museum
Florida Historical Commission approved changing the name of the T.T. Wentworth Museum to the Pensacola Museum of History at the University of West Florida.  The change…
PSC Job Fair this Saturday
More than 20 Northwest Florida employers are looking to hire at the 27th Multicultural Job Fair set for 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 6. Hosted…
