John Kirtley on universal vouchers, tax credit scholarships and more
Jeffrey Solochek of the Tampa Bay Times recently interviewed Step Up For Students Board Chair John Kirtley for a Times...
Read More >A look-ahead to the Florida legislative session
The Florida Legislature kicks off its annual 60-day session Tuesday with a host of education issues at the top of...
Read More >Senate Education Committee hears testimony about scholarship wait list
Step Up For Students president Doug Tuthill told a Florida Senate committee today that nearly 70,000 additional students could have...
Read More >Top lawmakers preview legislative choice agenda
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Two of the Florida Legislature’s biggest players in education policy indicated Wednesday that accommodating students on waiting...
Read More >VIDEO: "I don't want her to be just a number"
Celethia Davis, whose daughter, Brianna, is on a wait list for a Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, traveled from Jacksonville to...
Read More >Wishing that fellow progressives stop fighting education choice
For my education wish this holiday season, I would like to participate in a storied tradition older than the Bolsheviks...
Read More >DeSantis backs Corcoran for Education Commissioner
Lloyd Dunkenberger / News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE --- Signaling that he will be open to the expansion of non-traditional...
Read More >Stewart steps down as Education Commissioner
by News Service of Florida staff State Education Commissioner Pam Stewart said Tuesday that she will be stepping down from...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Lead, teacher negotiations, air conditioning, and more.
Lead: The Polk County School District is testing more than 150 schools countywide for lead contamination in drinking and cooking water,...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Taxes, Amendment 8, and more
Amendment 8: The legal team representing the Florida League of Woman Voters filed a brief to the Florida Supreme Court...
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