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.
02/11/14
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Dual enrollment: Students enrolled in the College Academy at Broward College take classes on the college's campus with Broward College professors,...
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02/10/14
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Jorge Perez remembers the first time he stepped behind the black iron gates surrounding Academy Prep Center of Tampa, Fla....
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02/10/14
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Charter schools: The Franklin Academy charter school is opening a second campus next fall in Palm Beach Gardens. Palm Beach Post. The...
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02/07/14
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Florida Virtual School. Longtime leader Julie Young is retiring. redefinED, Orlando Business Journal. Jeb Bush says she has "earned the...
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02/06/14
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Julie Young, the longtime leader of Florida Virtual School, the nation’s largest public provider of online learning, has announced she...
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02/06/14
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Charter schools: At Oasis High School, one of Cape Coral's city-run charters, students from the Model United Nations team are heading...
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02/05/14
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Charter schools: The Pasco County School Board approves a 15-year contract for Pepin Academies, which caters to students with learning...
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02/04/14
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It’s a school choice in Florida that, so far, everyone in Tallahassee seems to support – at least everyone behind...
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02/04/14
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After an unexpected funding shortfall, Florida Catholic schools want state education leaders to review how one of the state’s biggest...
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02/04/14
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Private schools: Students half a world away are exchanging their food, music and ideas with the Canterbury School in Lee County...
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