Education Archive

On Sept.1, Education Commissioner Pam Stewart announced that the independent third-party review of the Florida Standards Assessment which was mandated by the Florida Legislature, had confirmed the FSA is valid for group-level use and an accurate way to measure students’ knowledge of the Florida Standards. Since that announcement, some have relied on only portions of the report, failing to provide context or connection to the entire report and its overall conclusions. This has resulted in some incorrect interpretations of the report.

At the September 10th Santa Rosa School Board meeting, AT&T Regional Director of External Affairs Ray Walker presented Santa Rosa Education Foundation with a $25,000 contribution to support a Career Ops program for 9 -12 grade students in Santa Rosa County public schools.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced the creation of the Young Entrepreneur Award which will recognize students, college graduates and young entrepreneurs who excel in the workplace and create innovative ideas.

Across America millions of students travel to school in the more than 100,000 school buses that transport students daily, says Curtiss Routh of Radio Engineering Industries. As they get on or off the bus, each child is in danger of being hit by a motorist who disobeys the flashing red light of the bus’ stop- arm signal. Last year, nearly 76,000 illegal passes were documented during a one-day survey conducted nationwide – this translates to 13.68 million illegal passes annually.

Pensacola State College’s Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse program is ranked 17th nationally in the Top 25 Schools for Nursing Specialties by Nursing School Hub.

Hands shot up into the air quickly when a group of Navarre football players entered a fourth-grade classroom at Holley Navarre Intermediate School Thursday afternoon.

After 33 meetings spanning more than a year of contract negotiations, the Santa Rosa School District and Santa Rosa Professional Educators came to an agreement August 28.  The agreement must still be ratified, but both sides are confident that it will be.

Jennifer Wells is a long way from home in a world decidedly different from her native Navarre.

Stan Nichols, Santa Rosa County tax collector, presented the Santa Rosa School Board with a check for $9,240 to be split between 14 schools, giving each $660. The money comes from Kids Tag Art, a program designed to raise supplemental funds for local fifth-grade art programs.

Now that students are wrapping up their second week of school, they’re falling into a rhythm and solidifying their schedules. But nothing can screw up extracurricular activities more than an unreliable school bus route.