A Montessori microschool for deaf students – and a sign of things to come
CLEARWATER, Fla. – More than 20 years ago, Julie Rutenberg and Colette Derks harnessed some of the first private school...
Read More >For this former public school educator, starting a microschool was a dream come true
SARASOTA, Fla. – Alison Rini thought her destiny was to be the principal at a traditional public school. She...
Read More >On track to accelerate as education choice expands
Andrea Leib has long been ahead of the curve. Twenty years ago, the former public school teacher, guidance counselor, and...
Read More >Where kids still play in the woods
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – Millions of students in American public schools are lucky if they get 30 minutes of recess...
Read More >In the most school choice rich state in America, 1 in 5 Black students now enrolled outside district schools
Three decades ago, dozens of Black families in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami enrolled their children in Florida’s first...
Read More >The nature school that’s growing environmental leaders
SARASOTA, Fla. – When Briana Santoro and her family moved to Florida in 2021, she set out to find the...
Read More >This educator skipped the traditional teacher route and headed straight into entrepreneurship
DAVENPORT, Fla. – Valeria Oquendo didn’t set out to be an entrepreneur. “Ms. V,” as her students call her, had...
Read More >A microschool in farm country
McALPIN, Fla. – Maybe it stands to reason that in a remote community surrounded by hay fields and pine plantation,...
Read More >A microschool in farm country
McALPIN, Fla. – Maybe it stands to reason that in a remote community surrounded by hay fields and pine plantation,...
Read More >With help from education choice, this teacher forged a kind and curious and joyful path
SARASOTA, Fla. – After 18 years as an educator in public and private schools, Justine Wilson decided to make...
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