Category: Education

School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas used to track on his webpage the improvement of school grades for the elementary and middle schools in his district –…

According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 481 likely Escambia County voters, the majority (57.6 percent)  oppose the idea of the local school board appointing…

In School Superintendent Jim Paul’s year, the Escambia County School District had 40,924 students and 2,974 total teachers – see Teachers 2008-09. The overall ratio of…

In his last full year in office (2007-08), School Superintendent Jim Paul had 20 ‘A’ schools. Of his 34 elementary schools, 19 were ‘A’ or…

IHMC Research Scientist Dawn Kernagis is the 2018 recipient of the Young Scientist/Medical Doctor Award that is presented annually by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical…

In 2011, the Escambia County School District was awarded an $8.3 million Race to the Top grant. The district was one of 35 in the…

In May 2009, Navy Point Elementary led the district in gains for fourth-grade writing and third-grade math and reading. It was an ‘A’ school. Superintendent…

Last week, the Florida Broad of Education released its Performance Metric Scores for the state universities. The University of West Florida finished tied for third,…

The Escambia County School District received a ‘B’ grade for the FY 2017-18 school year. This is amazing considering: 1. The District only earned 54…

The high schools in Escambia County improved the points they earned this past school year.  Pine Forest improved its grade from a ‘D’ to a…

Escambia County School District scored 20 points higher that it did last year and earned 54 percent of the total possible points to achieve a…

The Florida Board of Governors announced today the University of West Florida is among the top-performing public universities for the second consecutive year. UWF earned…