Against all odds, Jo’Keal Sweed found hope at a Tampa charter school
Jo’Keal Sweed has a quick mind, polite nature and gentle voice. You can’t immediately tell she’s been through hell. A...
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News of February’s deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, sent waves of shock and...
Read More >Positive culture feeds Academy at the Farm’s success
Kelly McKiernan wiped her hair from her face and placed a bottle of water to the mouth of a baby...
Read More >A Gardiner Scholarship transformed Emily Beasley’s life
Emily Beasley was a typical 6-year-old. Precocious yet shy, she was learning to read, loved to dance and enjoyed playing...
Read More >Siblings find safety, inspiration & second family at charter school
Dylan Stanton was routinely bullied at his former school. A boy in his third-grade class hit him, pushed him off...
Read More >Charter school couldn’t change Zoe’s past, but it changed her future
Zoe Jenkins hasn’t seen her mother or father in person in years. But a few months ago, she saw her...
Read More >Nature enhances education at this environmentally themed charter school
Students at Learning Gate Community School examine a largemouth bass, caught by biologists from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation...
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