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06/01/21 | Scott Kent
Vouchers for me, but not for thee
As the newspaper industry continues to shrink, the Poynter Institute, which is to establishment journalism what The Vatican is to Catholicism, recently published on its blog a column urging Congress...
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05/05/21 | Scott Kent
Sinking a stake in ‘vampire’ myths about education choice
For centuries, the vampire has haunted folklore across cultures. Because these bloodsuckers “become what we fear most at any given time,” it’s not surprising that opponents of education choice see...
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04/08/21 | Scott Kent
Commentary: Let’s start trusting families to make the right choices for their children’s education
Editor’s note: You can read how three choice scholarship families plan to use their federal stimulus checks to supplement their children’s education here. Congress recently passed a $1.9 trillion COVID...
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08/04/20 | Scott Kent
New Pasco County charter school: ‘We have a plan and teachers who are ready to go to work’
The COVID-19 pandemic has tossed K-12 education into a sea of uncertainty, forcing parents navigating waves of anxiety to search for a safe harbor for their children. Innovation Preparatory Academy,...
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06/10/20 | Scott Kent
How remembering the past could educate us in the future
Never again. It’s the vow from Holocaust survivors not to allow the world to forget their past, lest genocide be repeated in the future. Today, an innovative, high-tech method of...
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05/13/20 | Scott Kent
Florida Virtual School likely to be ‘new normal’ in Sunshine State and beyond
When she was a junior in high school, Maya Washburn spent six weeks of her fall semester backpacking around Europe with her mother. From England to Sweden, Norway to Slovakia,...
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04/15/20 | Scott Kent
Students with intellectual, developmental differences continue to thrive at Jacksonville private school
Like most schools that were shuttered by the COVID-19 virus, North Florida School of Special Education in Jacksonville had to sprint to set up a distance learning program for students...
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03/20/20 | Scott Kent
How Covid-19 could fuel school choice
It’s the end of the world as we know it. Well, not literally. (We hope.) But when American society comes out the other end of the Covid-19 crisis, it almost...
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12/26/19 | Scott Kent
archivED: First Hope Scholarship brings peace to fifth-grader
Editor’s note: During this holiday season, redefinED is republishing our best articles of 2019 – those features and commentaries that deserve a second look. This student spotlight from Step Up...
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11/01/19 | Scott Kent
fact-checkED: Family Empowerment Scholarship not ‘a hit to public schools’
Editor’s note: This post is another in our fact-checking series, one that focuses solely within the arena of educational choice. The goal of fact-checkED is to bring clinical precision to...
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10/29/19 | Scott Kent
Education choice a top priority for Legislative Black Caucus
When Florida’s Legislative Black Caucus unveiled its priorities for the 2020 session at a media conference Tuesday in the Capitol, it was unsurprising that PreK-12 education was among the first...
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10/22/19 | Scott Kent
Misplaced nostalgia for public education
Conservatives have been accused of wanting to take the nation back to an idealized version of a homogenized America, such as the ones portrayed in the squeaky-clean 1950s sitcoms “The...
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10/04/19 | Scott Kent
School leaders to their communities: Are we communicating yet?
When it comes to connecting with the parents and communities they serve, many school leaders sound like Strother Martin in the movie “Cool Hand Luke”: “What we’ve got here is...
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09/13/19 | Scott Kent
A roadmap for the future of education in Florida
Two decades ago, Florida planted the seeds of ambitious education reform that have proved fruitful. The Sunshine State has seen significant improvements in academic achievement and graduation rates – Education...
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06/25/19 | Scott Kent
Accountability comes in different forms
Editor’s note: One of the most pervasive of all education choice myths is the one that claims schools that accept scholarships are not held accountable to the public for their...
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06/19/19 | Scott Kent
Debunking the ‘no accountability’ myth
Editor’s note: Misinformation abounds across the education choice landscape, adding confusion to an already complex issue. The redefinED team is dedicated to shining a light and providing the facts. Today’s...
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02/01/19 | Scott Kent
The human face of education
If you could illustrate media coverage of education choice, it would resemble a bird’s-eye view of a vast industrial complex: machinery greased by politics, walls whose mortar is money, and...
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01/14/19 | Scott Kent
First Hope Scholarship brings peace to fifth-grader
LAKE PLACID, Florida — Jordyn Simmons-Outland is a fifth-grader who was in need of a lifeline. The 10-year-old has a sweet demeanor and a love for the online video game...
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