Category: Education

Sen. Bill Nelson will be at the University of West Florida in Pensacola tomorrow to meet with a group of local graduates and discuss legislation…

State Attorney Bill Eddins announced that on July 11, 2017, an Escambia County Grand Jury indicted Newpoint Education Partners, LLC; School Warehouse, Inc.; and Red…

Escambia County School District has announced continued participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) which provides students in eligible schools breakfast and lunch at no…

The Youth Ministry of Greater Little Rock Baptist Church is hosting for children and parents a “Be Social, Be Safe: A Cyber Safety & Sex…

From Rhonda Chavers, president of Santa Rosa Professional Educators: On May 11, 2017 there was an impasse hearing between the Santa Rosa County School Board…

C.A. Weis Elementary, A Community Partnership School in Pensacola advanced from an F rating to a C rating in just one year. Studies show that…

Newpoint Education Partners founder and owner Marcus May was arrested yesterday in Escambia County. May has been charged with swindling more than $1 million from…

Quint Studer and UWF president, Dr. Martha Saunders, will be guests on News Talk 1370’s “Pensacola Speaks” today.

The state of Florida has 1,823 elementary schools. Escambia County has eight in the bottom 100 (see table below). Florida has 558 middle schools.  Escambia…

Santa Rosa County School District earned an “A” for the 2016-17 school year, according to reports released today by the Florida Department of Education. The…

The Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA) in partnership with the South Walton Artificial Reef Association (SWARA) and support from the National Endowment for…

Entrepreneur Quint Studer is sharing his expertise in Management 4990/5990: Innovation Within the Organization, a summer undergraduate and graduate course at the University of West Florida. The…

Steven J. Kunkemoeller, one of two businessmen accused of racketeering and organized fraud at 15 charter schools throughout Florida, turned himself into authorities yesterday afternoon….

The Florida Board of Governors announced today the University of West Florida ranks in the top three top-performing public universities in the state and will…

By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A Tampa Christian school is continuing a legal battle about whether it should have been allowed to…

The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation held its annual meeting recently to elect new officers and to recognize outstanding community partners. “The mission of the…

Calling the charges filed on Monday against the owner of Newpoint Education Partners, Marcus May, and one of May’s vendors the “tip of the iceberg,”…

Marcus May, the founder and owner of the Newpoint Education Partners charter schools in Escambia and six other Florida counties, and Steven Kunkemoeller, owner of…

Marcus May, the founder and owner of the Newpoint Education Partners charter schools in Escambia and four other Florida counties, was charged this morning with…

The University of West Florida College of Business Executive Mentor Program recently celebrated its fifth anniversary and recognized eight of its five-year mentors at its…