About The Author

Sherri Ackerman

Sherri Ackerman is the former associate editor of redefinED. She is a former correspondent for the Tampa Bay Times and reporter for The Tampa Tribune, writing about everything from cops and courts to social services and education. She grew up in Indiana and moved to Tampa as a teenager, graduating from Brandon High School and, later, from the University of South Florida with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications/news editing. Sherri passed away in March 2016.
07/19/13
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Charter schools are among those supporting a tense Board of Education decision this week that prevents state grades for public...
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07/17/13
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Some people were a little surprised when Jeri Muoio, mayor of West Palm Beach, Fla., publicly spoke in favor of...
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07/16/13
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Questions have arisen in two large Florida school districts about the fees some charter schools are charging parents, putting a...
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07/15/13
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Pennsylvania: The CREDO study finds Pennsylvania charter school students lagging behind traditional public school students (Tribune Review). York City School...
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07/10/13
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After months of reports that some Florida public schools are limiting or denying students access to Florida Virtual School, the...
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07/01/13
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Whatever it takes. That’s the daily mantra for Suzette and Daniel Dean, a Florida husband-and-wife team who founded a small...
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06/25/13
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The muscular growth of Florida Virtual School, the nation’s largest provider of online classes, has suddenly become anemic. And the...
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06/24/13
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Arizona: New statistics show the state has the second-highest percentage of students enrolled in charter schools in the nation (Today's News Herald)....
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06/20/13
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Despite some of the growing resistance to Common Core State Standards in the public education arena, many private schools in...
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06/19/13
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School grades: Schools superintendents from across the state warn Education Commissioner Tony Bennett and the Board of Education that the...
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