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Travis Pillow

Travis Pillow is senior director of thought leadership and growth at Step Up For Students. He lives in Sanford, Florida, with his wife and two children. A former Tallahassee statehouse reporter, he most recently worked at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research organization at Arizona State University, where he studied community-led learning innovation and school systems' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. He can be reached at tpillow (at) sufs.org.
06/12/24
Travis Pillow
Of the 50 states, Florida held the No. 5 spot for education in a national report on child wellbeing released...
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06/12/24
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Florida is now the No. 1 state in the nation for parent-directed public education funding, according to data compiled by...
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06/07/24
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A bill to make Louisiana the 19th state allowing parents to direct public education funding to learning options of their...
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05/15/24
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The nation’s first charter school law passed in 1991, the year after an improbably left-right coalition enacted the nation’s first...
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03/27/24
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The renowned New York charter school operator Success Academy moved a step closer to opening new schools in Florida, as...
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03/26/24
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Florida's decade-long efforts to recruit more high-quality charter school operators to the state could be on the verge of a...
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03/22/24
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With Gov. Mark Gordon's signature, Wyoming is now the 17th state to place public education funding in the hands of...
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03/20/24
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For years, Florida’s online schools have grappled with a logistical challenge: Getting their students to the campuses of brick-and-mortar schools,...
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03/12/24
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Over the past two decades, taxpayers across the country have increased their investment in public education. One surprising group hasn't...
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03/12/24
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Wyoming could soon become the 17th state* placing public education funding in the hands of parents. The Wyoming Legislature passed...
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