Lauren May, Author at NextSteps: Step Up For Students

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lauren May

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02/05/25 | Lauren May

Catholic schools are thriving in Florida – and outperforming all over the country

Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 24 to mark the beginning of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope. He has called Catholics to be “pilgrims...

01/27/25 | Lauren May

Catholic school enrollment rises again in Florida

Florida Catholic schools are thriving, and the latest enrollment numbers prove it. Across the state, enrollment rose from 90,870 in the 2023-24 school year to 93,455 – a 2.8%...

01/13/25 | Lauren May

Five faces of 500,000: These Florida families took control of their children’s educational destiny

As the movement for education options gains momentum across the country, there remains a clear national leader: Florida. This school year, the Sunshine State’s education savings account programs are larger...

08/31/23 | Lauren May

Florida’s Catholic schools see across-the-board enrollment increases

School is back in session for Catholic schools across all seven dioceses in Florida. This year, each of them is seeing another enrollment increase. This broad, widespread enrollment growth is...

07/20/21 | Lauren May

My son needs, deserves second year of kindergarten

My son, Logan, turned 5 just a few months before he started kindergarten in 2020. With two full-time working parents, he needed to be learning in person despite the rise...

04/08/20 | Lauren May

Port Richey Catholic school rallies around family affected by coronavirus

As schools continue to navigate their new reality in the face of coronavirus, a Catholic school in Port Richey is facing a challenge that goes beyond educating children and cuts...

03/31/20 | Lauren May

What Waldorf learning looks like in a virtual world

How does a school that places a premium on cultivating a child’s imagination continue to educate students when teacher and student can no longer meet face to face? And how...

03/25/20 | Lauren May

Catholic schools move gracefully into online learning

Like all Florida public and private schools, Catholic schools, which educate about 1.8 million students nationwide and about 65,000 throughout the state, had mere days to move from in-person teaching...