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Texas choice triumph calls for celebration and a shift for the movement
Texas school choice opponents are strong. I recall going to look up the number of lobbyists on retainer by groups opposed to choice during the 2013 legislative session, and the number was well over 100. If you observe social media, you might be tempted to conclude that Texas choice opponents... READ MOREA microschool in farm country
McALPIN, Fla. – Maybe it stands to reason that in a remote community surrounded by hay fields and pine plantation, students at a new, K-5 microschool would bring baby horses...
READ MOREWhere kids still play in the woods
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – Millions of students in American public schools are lucky if they get 30 minutes of recess a day. But the students at Wild Oak Explorers spend...
READ MOREThe nature school that’s growing environmental leaders
SARASOTA, Fla. – When Briana Santoro and her family moved to Florida in 2021, she set out to find the perfect school for her two young sons. She wanted a...
READ MOREBy the numbers: Florida’s history-making growth of education options
This school year, Florida is empowering half a million students to direct funding to education options of their family’s choice. In the 2023-24 school year, after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed...
READ MOREThis educator skipped the traditional teacher route and headed straight into entrepreneurship
DAVENPORT, Fla. – Valeria Oquendo didn’t set out to be an entrepreneur. “Ms. V,” as her students call her, had wanted to be a teacher since she was a teenager....
READ MOREFlorida’s parent-directed education environment helps fifth grader thrive at military-friendly Catholic school
Jackson Pelletier’s enrollment at St. Paul’s Catholic School Riverside on an education choice scholarship began with a trip to the pediatrician. That’s when his parents, Natasha and Greg, noticed the...
READ MOREEducation choice scholarship a boon for a military veteran and his family
MIRAMAR, Fla. – William Ivins moved his family to South Florida ahead of his retirement from the United States Marine Corps and enrolled his children at Mother of Our Redeemer...
READ MOREFlorida school district offers virtual classes to scholarship students – with more to follow
This school year, 2024-2025, for the first time, Brevard County students using Florida’s education choice scholarship programs will have a new option: the ability to sign up for online courses...
READ MOREÀ Taste of À La Carte Learning: SALTWATER STUDIES
Editor’s note: This story is one of five spotlights included in our latest special report, “A Taste of À La Carte Learning.” So how’s this for a science classroom? These...
READ MORESpecial report: Florida’s Jewish schools are booming, fueled by families using school choice scholarships
The number of Jewish schools in Florida nearly doubled over the past 15 years, boosted by parents using state school choice scholarships and the migration of families from New...
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