The truth about Florida scholarships’ impact on districts
Florida gives parents the ability to direct the education of their children. Today about half of all K-12 students in...
Read More >Florida’s education evolution now has more than 50% of students in school choice options
For the first time in Florida’s history, more than half of all K-12 students are enrolled in an educational option...
Read More >Florida sets new education choice records as 1.7 million students choose
A record-setting 1.7 million K-12 students in Florida attended a school of choice last year, an increase of more than...
Read More >Accurate estimates on the cost of scholarships take time and patience
The Florida Policy Institute (FPI) made numerous headlines last spring after the organization estimated Florida’s Family Empowerment Scholarship (FES) and...
Read More >A new chapter for site of Catholic sisters' Jim Crow-era stand for right to education
After sitting derelict for more than half a century, St. Benedict the Moor School in St. Augustine, Fla. will be...
Read More >Don’t blame school choice for your inability to pay teachers more
A recent Tampa Bay Times article insinuated that charter schools and private school scholarships were reducing Hillsborough County Public Schools'...
Read More >Florida fully funds education choice scholarships and protects district budgets
Duval County Public Schools recently claimed Florida’s newly expanded scholarship program will leave a $17 million hole in their budget....
Read More >Survey: Nearly half of parents looking to switch their kids' schools
Nearly half of all parents are seeking new schools for their children in the 2023-24 school year. The data comes...
Read More >Vouchers, education savings accounts help boost statewide test scores
A new study from a professor of economics in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of...
Read More >Separating fact from fiction: Analyzing the real cost of education choice, Part 2
Editor’s note: This analysis from Patrick Gibbons, manager for Policy and Public Affairs at Step Up For Students, is the...
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