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.
12/23/13
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Charter schools: Pinellas County School Board members give district attorneys the go-ahead to look into suing the state for a...
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12/20/13
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Dual enrollment: Florida school superintendents want to convince the Legislature to stop charging school districts tuition and other state college costs...
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12/19/13
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The group that wants to open a charter school on MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., plans to fight...
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12/19/13
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School grades: None of Broward County's high schools received poor grades, and all but three received A's or B's. Sun...
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12/18/13
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Charter schools: The Miami-Dade school district rejects a charter application for a public safety-themed high school. Miami Herald. School safety:...
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12/17/13
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It’s the benchmark for long-term academic success - having every student reading at grade level or higher by the end...
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12/17/13
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Charter schools: University Preparatory Academy in Pinellas County names a new principal, a public school transformation coach from North Carolina....
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12/16/13
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As a rising high school sophomore in St. Petersburg, Fla., last summer, Curtis Brown III needed to brush up on...
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12/16/13
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Common Core: The quick rollout of the new education standards in South Florida has some educators worried that students still...
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12/13/13
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Charter schools: The Hillsborough school district should expand its elementary on MacDill Air Force Base to accommodate middlerschoolers, and satisfy...
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