Editor’s note: In September, the Florida Council of 100, in cooperation with the Florida Department of Education, released a study that pointed to a “rigor gap” between the grades Florida high …
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Parents of students who receive scholarships to attend private schools can continue to exercise their option to have their children learn online this spring. The Department of Education on Monday …
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As schools continue to struggle with balancing the health needs of their communities with the education needs of their students, one segment of the K-12 education landscape has shown resilience, …
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Hayley Lewis, a former public school teacher, wrote an important piece called, “Why I quit teaching in the public school system (it wasn’t just COVID).” Here is an excerpt: The …
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Percentage distribution of students age 5 through 17 attending kindergarten through 12th grade by school type, 1999 and 2016 The percentage of students accessing schools of choice has increased dramatically …
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The performance of American public schools was in decline before the pandemic struck; based on the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress released Wednesday by the National …
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Five Florida K-12 scholarship programs have landed in the top tier of education choice programs ranked by a national school choice advocacy group. The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship and the …
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As the first full year of schooling during the coronavirus pandemic launches, a national education advocacy network is sounding the alarm in a research brief that America’s K-12 education system …
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“I’m Sally Common. My spouse, Bill, and I began married life in a cozy apartment on the east side of Chicapoulus. When the kids came along, we counted our beans …
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On this episode, Tuthill talks with writer, lawyer and legal historian Wexler, author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System – and How to Fix …
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Editor’s note: In September, the Florida Council of 100, in cooperation with the Florida Department of Education, released a study that pointed to a “rigor gap” between the grades Florida high …
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Hayley Lewis, a former public school teacher, wrote an important piece called, “Why I quit teaching in the public school system (it wasn’t just COVID).” Here is an excerpt: The …
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Florida Tax Credit Scholarship enrollment by grade level, 2020-21 Official enrollment figures for the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship are in. According to the September 2020 quarterly report, released this week …
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Editor’s note: There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to educating students in person during a pandemic. But schools and districts across the country have found things that work for them and that …
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Parents of students who receive scholarships to attend private schools can continue to exercise their option to have their children learn online this spring. The Department of Education on Monday …
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As schools continue to struggle with balancing the health needs of their communities with the education needs of their students, one segment of the K-12 education landscape has shown resilience, …
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Elisabeth Edwards came home from school one afternoon and told her mom that she wanted to die. She was 6. Elisabeth was stupid, she told her mom. That’s how they …
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Last week, the headmaster at The Rock School, a Christian school in Gainesville, Florida, led a Zoom town hall with hundreds of parents. All of them had re-enrolled their children …
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When she was a junior in high school, Maya Washburn spent six weeks of her fall semester backpacking around Europe with her mother. From England to Sweden, Norway to Slovakia, …
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Editor’s note: redefinED guest blogger Jennie Capezza is director of campus ministry at John Carroll High School in Fort Pierce, Fla., and mother to three John Carrol students. She writes …
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“I’m Sally Common. My spouse, Bill, and I began married life in a cozy apartment on the east side of Chicapoulus. When the kids came along, we counted our beans …
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“Liberty means responsibility.” George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman The school choice movement continues to plead its case by focusing on “results.” That is, the experts compare the test scores …
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Were we still school-parenting, I’m confident that Marylyn and I would be “podding” our five kids – some here at home, the others in age-appropriate pods around the neighborhood. Berkeley, …
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Editor’s note: This column by Shannon Dolly, principal at Mount Moriah Christian Fundamental Academy in St. Petersburg, first appeared in the Tampa Bay Times. Thirty-eight students at Mount Moriah attend …
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Editor’s note: The goal of fact-checkED is to bring clinical precision to complex issues that are easily misunderstood, aiming to counteract incorrect information before it continues to circulate. Sally Butzin …
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With the presidential primary election in delegate-rich Florida just two months away, Democratic candidates are beginning to knock on the door. In a Monday column in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, …
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A story in Sunday’s Lakeland Ledger about a union-sponsored public education summit in Polk County included a chart of “Quick Facts” that bears scrutiny. One of them, about the financial …
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Editor’s note: This post is another in our fact-checking series, one that focuses solely within the arena of educational choice. The goal of fact-checkED is to bring clinical precision to …
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