Charter takeover helped students ‘have a chance at life’
TALLAHASSEE -- Three students from rural, impoverished Jefferson County on Tuesday testified before Florida’s House Education Committee about dramatic improvements...
Read More >Displaced Puerto Rican family desperate for Gardiner Scholarship
TAMPA – Aleena Martinez bounded into her family’s small, sparsely furnished living room as if it were an inflatable bounce...
Read More >Once frustrated and angry, student finds inspiration at Jacksonville charter school
JACKSONVILLE – Landon Waters was unhappy about moving from Philadelphia to North Florida with his mother and older twin brothers...
Read More >Florida Gov. DeSantis: 'Don't worry about the Gardiner Scholarship'
ORLANDO – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reiterated his pledge to end the waitlist for special needs children who have qualified...
Read More >Florida Gov. DeSantis vows to end Gardiner waitlist
JACKSONVILLE – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday promised to eliminate the wait list for children who have qualified for...
Read More >Florida Catholic schools keep the faith despite slight enrollment decrease
CLEARWATER, Fla. – After seven years of slow but steady growth, Catholic school enrollment in Florida experienced a 1 percent...
Read More >Students find their groove at New Port Richey charter school
Cassie Meacham-Clark was not being academically challenged at her neighborhood school. Not that there weren’t classroom issues. There were so...
Read More >Step Up scholars sing before Pope Francis
WEST PALM BEACH – A pair of Step Up For Students Florida tax credit scholars took the journey of their...
Read More >One-size-fits-all didn't fit me
Since joining Step Up For Students in 2016, I have seen first-hand the positive effects school choice can have...
Read More >Gardiner Scholarship ‘a Godsend’ for Lake Mary family
Ashton Fernandez couldn’t contain his excitement. The 7-year-old was ready to decorate his yard with inflatable Christmas decorations with twin...
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