Building on a bedtime story
- October 15, 2016
- / Randy Hammer
- / education
Reading Pals are helping to fill the gaps for Pensacola children who miss out on the benefits nightly story time can have on their physical, academic development.
EntreCon schedule is here
- October 13, 2016
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / training-development
From business owners who've lived the journey to financial and legal experts to help you navigate yours, check out the EntreCon 2016 schedule here.
UWF gives 200,000 students tools to link school with career plans
- October 13, 2016
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / education
UWF's Innovation Institute is home to state's career planning tool, which is helping students across the state make good choices in school, improve their chances for a good job.
Five lessons to learn now — not the hard way
- October 12, 2016
- / Quint Studer
- / training-development,quint-studer
Quint Studer shares five of the teaching moments that have stuck with him and he has tried to keep in focus.
Shannon's Window: On the street where you live
- October 12, 2016
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / education
The more we sort ourselves in neighborhoods by economic standing, the more children we risk leaving behind.
West Pensacola helping students get the resources they need
- October 12, 2016
- / Reggie Dogan
- / early-learning,education,report-meeting-the-challenge
Helping students get the resources they need to overcome the socio-economic challenges they face is the key to increasing test scores and improving academic achievement at West Pensacola Elementary School.
Talk More Tips: Teaching Texts
- October 10, 2016
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / early-learning,TMW-Tips
A California program uses text messages to prompt parents with tips, strategies to talk more with their young children.
HIPPY home visitors helping parents build their skills
- October 10, 2016
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / education
Escambia School District's HIPPY program uses home visitors to help parents gain the skills they need to help their 3- and 4-year-olds be ready for kindergarten.
Building relationships for school improvement at Oakcrest
- October 7, 2016
- / Reggie Dogan
- / early-learning,education,report-meeting-the-challenge
Getting new students to meet academic standards, adjusting to new tests and developing new teachers are a few of the challenges Oakcrest Elementary School faces to pass muster on statewide assessments.
TMW Tips: Talk numbers
- October 7, 2016
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / early-learning,TMW-Tips
Talking about shapes, numbers and patterns is important. It helps build number sense, basic math and comparison concepts.