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.
02/05/13
Sherri Ackerman
A Florida House subcommittee devoted to school choice has drafted a bill that, if approved, could make life a little...
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01/29/13
Sherri Ackerman
Florida’s new education commissioner is known for his zealous support of charter schools and vouchers and other learning options that...
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01/28/13
Sherri Ackerman
As dusk settled on the Academies of RCMA, students sat in classrooms while more than 150 moms and dads filled...
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01/24/13
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It’s only fitting: Florida, a trailblazer in expanding school choice, will be among the busiest states during National School Choice...
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01/23/13
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The outcry over a half-million-dollar payout to the principal of a failing Florida charter school has spawned a proposed legislative...
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01/22/13
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School choice in Texas is getting a big push this year from a key lawmaker who has made it a...
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01/18/13
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It was the impromptu performance that theater students live for, and exactly what the stranger who walked inside their classroom...
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01/16/13
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In the wake of the school shooting tragedy in Newtown, Conn., traditional public schools aren’t the only ones having serious...
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01/09/13
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A bill filed in the Florida Legislature this week could give the families of disabled students quicker access to McKay...
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01/07/13
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Sixteen-year-old Stormy Foxen dreams of flying an airplane one day. So does classmate Coral Barron, 15, who hopes to join...
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