Lisa Buie, Author at NextSteps: Step Up For Students

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03/20/25 | Lisa Buie

Navigators help guide families into new era of education

TAMPA, Fla. — Parents, many pushing babies in strollers with school-age children in tow, made their way through the covered pavilion as they surveyed the brightly decorated tables representing 28...

03/12/25 | Lisa Buie

Utah scholarship lawsuit threatens ‘a rich blessing’ for families

Maria Ruiz is at the hospital again. She’s with her husband, Carlos Dominguez, who is still receiving care to help him recover from health issues after suffering a stroke in...

01/31/25 | Lisa Buie

Florida charter schools grow – and challenge their own status quo

At the annual Florida School Choice Conference and School Choice Summit, attendees got their customary sendoff from Jim Horne, a former state senator, state education commissioner and pioneer of the...

01/29/25 | Lisa Buie

Microschool fellowship program helps former public school educator pursue his entrepreneurial dreams

Growing up, Adam Tweet loved learning. Until he didn’t. Kindergarten was amazing, but as he got older, Adam wanted the freedom to pursue things he enjoyed. He loved reading but...

12/20/24 | Lisa Buie

Father fighting to save South Carolina scholarship program calls decision ‘an opportunity to stand up for my children’s education’

When Constantine and Aliona Shulikov left the former Soviet Union as children to escape religious persecution three decades ago, public education there was one-size-fits-all. Students attended assigned cookie-cutter government schools...

12/05/24 | Lisa Buie

Palmetto state parents fight to regain power to send their kids to private schools

Two South Carolina parents are fighting to reclaim the power to direct their children’s education after a state Supreme Court ruling ripped it away only weeks into the new school...

12/05/24 | Lisa Buie

After years of enrollment declines, new migration to the Tampa Bay area creates rising demand for Jewish schools

TAMPA, Fla. — With 16 dormer windows that peek out from all sides of the roof and a wrap-around porch, the building looks more like a place to relax than...

11/26/24 | Lisa Buie

‘If you don’t innovate, you will stagnate’: Florida charter schools urged to evolve

Education is no longer about students sitting in rows of desks from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. And school choice, the term supporters used for years to describe the movement...

11/13/24 | Lisa Buie

Rising parent demand stretches Florida’s Personalized Education Program to its limit for 2024-25

Florida’s scholarship program for K-12 students who don’t attend school full-time has turned on the “no vacancy” sign. The Personalized Education Program operates as an education savings account that allocates...

11/12/24 | Lisa Buie

Despite setbacks at the ballot box, young education choice alum vows to continue the fight for parent-directed education

Jayleesha Cooper sat in her apartment at the University of Chicago and watched with hope as the election results rolled in. The college senior from Omaha had marked her mail-in...

10/17/24 | Lisa Buie

Billionaire awards a new version of the Yass Prize, this time to help an entire state

The big news: Yamilette Albertson Rodriguez could hardly contain her excitement. A Philadelphia billionaire whose name she had never heard before had donated $900,000 to cover tuition for her three...

10/09/24 | Lisa Buie

SCOTUS sidesteps families’ challenge to Michigan’s restrictive Blaine Amendment

The big story: After delivering a one-two punch to Blaine Amendments, the nation’s highest court decided not to take aim at Michigan’s version. Zoom in: This week, the U.S. Supreme...

09/30/24 | Lisa Buie

‘I was in shock’: South Carolina education choice ruling sends mom scrambling

For a decade, Yamilette Albertson Rodriguez served her country as a Marine sergeant. She spent seven months deployed in the Middle East where she fought to stem the tide of...

09/17/24 | Lisa Buie

Report: Educational struggles continue for vulnerable populations after COVID

The story: Students with disabilities and English language learners were poorly served before the pandemic and will need urgent, long-term help to recover from learning losses, according to a report from...

09/13/24 | Lisa Buie

School choice threatened for thousands of families after back-to-back court losses in two states

The story: The nation’s education choice movement suffered its second legal defeat in as many days after the Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday put the fate of a new school...

09/11/24 | Lisa Buie

South Carolina’s top education leader vows to defend ESA program after state high court strikes it down

The big story: Nearly 3,000 low-income students and their families now find themselves scrambling for education options a month into the new school year after the South Carolina Supreme...

08/19/24 | Lisa Buie

Maine could be ground zero again for another Supreme Court ruling on school choice

The story: A federal judge’s ruling means that Maine can continue to bar religious schools from a state school choice program, despite a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that...

07/15/24 | Lisa Buie

With no court ruling, almost 3,000 South Carolina ESA families face uncertainty as new school year draws closer

The latest: With about a month left before the new school year begins, nearly 3,000 South Carolina students and their families still face uncertainty as they wait for the South...

07/12/24 | Lisa Buie

A victory in the Treasure State

Families of children with special needs who signed up for Montana’s just-launched education savings accounts are celebrating. A judge blocked an attempt to halt the program while courts hear a...

07/02/24 | Lisa Buie

Alaska high court ruling ensures certainty during upcoming school year for thousands of families using unique ed choice program

The news: About 23,000 families who rely on a unique Alaska’s education unique correspondence program that dates to before statehood will not have to scramble to find other educational options...