On a special edition of “Aware!†this weekend, longtime host Dee Dee Sharp and producer Gael Frazer say goodbye to viewers and colleagues after 30 years on WSRE. This two-part 30th anniversary…
Category: Education
Gov. DeSantis in town today
During Rick Scott’s tenure as governor, we got accustomed to him making regular visits to Pensacola–ST Aerospace ground-breaking, floods, ice storms, new Pensacola Bay Bridge, fish hatchery, etc. Â Community leaders have wondered…
Finding a school superintendent should not be difficult
The Nashville Public School system is conducting national search for a superintendent of schools with the help of the Tennessee School Boards Association. The application process closed on Friday, Feb. 14. The…
Dixon scholar wins film fest
Que’Vieon Preyer, an 8th-grade scholar at Dixon School of Arts & Sciences, won the middle school category for his film at the Youth Making Ripples Film Fest this past Friday at the…
Choral Society announces ‘Young Voices 2020’ winners
Fourteen high school and college students competed for cash prizes and invitations to perform on the Choral Society of Pensacola’s March concert in Young Voices 2020. The competition took place on Saturday,…
Chamber announces speaker for State of Education luncheon
Today, the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce announced that Florida Department of Education Division of Public Schools Chancellor Jacob Oliva will be the keynote speaker for the Chamber’s inaugural State of Education…
House wants to revamp school funding formula
By the News Service of Florida staff The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday is slated to consider a bill that would revamp the way the state divvies up money among school districts….
Buzz: Results of Complete Florida Plus audit won’t be out until late March
Peter Schorsch reports in his daily newsletter, Sunburn, that the audit of the University of West Florida’s alleged mismanagement of Complete Florida Plus is expected to last through late March. The State…
Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year
Santa Rosa Superintendent of Schools Tim Wyrosdick, Santa Rosa School Board Members, and members of the Santa Rosa Education Foundation announced Elizabeth Mann as the Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year 2021…
UWF receives $200k gift
Press release: The University of West Florida announced today a $200,000 gift from Roger Hemminghaus to name the Roy and Henrietta (Etts) Hemminghaus Chemistry Lab in the new Laboratory Sciences Annex. The…
Replacement for Common Core announced
Last Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran unveiled the proposed Florida Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards, which will replace Common Core for our public schools. “When I…
Pensacola native, UWF grad named superintendent of R.I. school district
Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green announced Harrison Peters’ appointment as the superintendent of schools for the Providence school district. Peters is the deputy superintendent, chief of schools, for Hillsborough County Public…