Step Up For Students’ Ron Matus shares Florida success story on Defense of Freedom Institute’s Freedom to Learn podcast
For years, critics of education choice have been saying it will unleash an educational apocalypse in Florida. But what’s unfolding...
Read More >South Florida groups join the chorus urging teachers union to drop lawsuit to end education choice scholarships and close charter schools
Nine days after the state teachers union sued to strip Florida families of the right to choose their children’s education,...
Read More >Step Up For Students conference supports innovation as more families seek varied options
ORLANDO, Fla. — As public education has evolved from a one-size-fits-all system to one where families are empowered to choose...
Read More >Tampa Bay education choice supporters to teachers union: Dropping lawsuit will save children, families, and communities
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — Surrounded by students in crisp school uniforms, a group of educators, faith leaders, and families urged Florida’s teachers union to drop a lawsuit that seeks to end the nation’s largest...
Read More >Step Up For Students thought leader shares Florida education choice success story with students at the University of Austin
Students at the University of Austin are getting an overview of the nation’s rapidly expanding education choice movement, including its...
Read More >Education choice supporters protest union-backed lawsuit that would strip them of access to learning options
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Parents, students, and education leaders who gathered at the Florida Capitol on Thursday had a message for the Florida Education Association, the teachers union that filed a lawsuit to...
Read More >More Florida districts take the lead in developing learning options for part-time public school students
For a glimpse into the future of public education, visit Florida. Nearly three years after landmark legislation gave Sunshine State...
Read More >New Florida law offers private schools more relief from zoning rules
A new state law has replaced Florida’s patchwork of local zoning rules that had prevented some small private schools from...
Read More >Florida Department of Education works with stakeholders to improve crosscheck process for families
Greater collaboration is being credited for a dramatic decrease this year in the number of Florida K-12 scholarship students experiencing...
Read More >New report shows scaling Florida scholarship program 11 times more effective at improving student performance than increasing public school funding
New research by the American Federation for Children found that scaling Florida’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program over 15 years improved public...
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