About The Author

Jeff Barlis

Jeff Barlis is a writer with more than 26 years of experience in print, video and internet media. A product of public and private schools, Jeff was born and raised in the Tampa Bay area and attended University of Central Florida and University of Florida, where he received a bachelor's degree in Journalism.
09/21/17
Jeff Barlis
Every week, students and parents at Calvary City Christian Academy, a K-12 school in one of Orlando’s most hardscrabble communities,...
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08/30/17
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Deion Washington didn’t plan to speak to lawmakers. But as he sat with classmates in a committee meeting about school...
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06/23/17
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Eleven-year-old Henezy Berrios’ sparkling brown eyes crinkle in the corners when she smiles, which is just about all the time....
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06/09/17
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When she walked across the stage as a freshly minted graduate of Tampa Catholic High School a couple of weeks...
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05/12/17
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Heidi Gonzalez was aware of the warning signs. Her daughter Samantha had just started sixth grade at her neighborhood middle...
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05/02/17
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Anthony Walker Jr. sat in his home, ear to cell phone, new coach on the line. Then came the announcement...
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04/14/17
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Eventually, Jodi Haley said, she had enough. She felt she had no choice but to remove her son Jessie from...
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03/20/17
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Lost. That’s where Pamela Howard feared her son, Malik Ferrell, would end up after years of struggles at different schools...
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02/10/17
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Maria and Marcos Verciano will never forget the anguish over their daughter’s struggles in third and fourth grade. That’s why...
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11/04/16
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Shalala Dubuisson was 13 years old when a massive earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, killing tens of thousands of people...
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