How Santa Rosa uses data to boost reading
- July 24, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / education
How University of West Florida researchers use data to help Santa Rosa schools consistently improve elementary reading instruction.
State colleges will move to performance funding
- July 24, 2015
- / staff reports
- / education
A new performance-funding system for state colleges was approved Thursday by the State Board of Education, the latest step in Florida officials' drive to tie money for higher education to how well institutions and their students do.
At a glance: How PSC fared on performance funding metrics
- July 24, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / education
How did Pensacola State College fare in the performance funding metrics approved by the State Board of Education Thursday?
Leadership tip: don't overreact to generalities
- July 24, 2015
- / Quint Studer
- / video,leadership-development,quint-studer
"I've never seen morale worse." "Everybody's unhappy." "We don't have anything we need." When you hear something like that, don't ignore it, but dig a little deeper.
The Short List for July 24
- July 24, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / studer-community-institute
Joe Louis' son carries the legacy of his father's love of golf
- July 24, 2015
- / Reggie Dogan
- / community-dashboard
Joe Louis Barrow Jr. carries the legacy of his father’s involvement in and love of golf as the CEO of the First Tee, a positive youth development organization that introduces the game of golf and its values to young people.
Leadership tip: don’t overreact to generalities
- July 24, 2015
- / Quint Studer
- / quint-studer,leadership-tips
“I’ve never seen morale worse.” “Everybody’s unhappy.” “We don’t have anything we need.”
Oil spill-related research dollars drive new understanding of Gulf
- July 23, 2015
- / Martha Simmons
- / economy
UWF's Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation well positioned to answer calls for research in the Gulf of Mexico following BP oil spill.
Fire fee increase would boost firefighter ranks
- July 23, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / community-dashboard
Escambia Commissioners will consider fire service fee increase that would cover some, but not all, of the staffing needs at the county's volunteer stations.
Ordinance coming to clean up Pensacola Beach
- July 23, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / community-dashboard
Leave No Trace ordinance would require people to pick up their gear, leave 'only their footprints' on Pensacola Beach.