Researchers set sights on virtual education in Florida
How does virtual education affect student achievement? Which students benefit? How can it work better? Those are among the questions...
Read More >Can Florida school districts require charter schools to offer bus service?
A school district wants to require a charter school to provide bus service to students who live more than two...
Read More >Florida roundup: Charter schools, testing, preschool and more
Charter schools. Palm Beach County makes it harder to open a new charter school. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. School choice. Growing participation...
Read More >Lowering the paperwork barrier for charter schools
A recent report by the American Enterprise Institute, which we highlighted here, argued burdensome charter school applications were creating needless barriers...
Read More >Florida roundup: Tax credit scholarships, state chiefs, testing and more
Tax credit scholarships. The program does not harm public education, a former Department of Juvenile Justice head writes in the...
Read More >More lessons emerging Acclaim Academy charter schools' collapse
The Florida Times-Union takes a deep dive this morning into the collapse of the Acclaim Academy charter school network. We took a look...
Read More >Georgia state Rep: Why don't more civil rights groups support school choice?
Last week, at a gathering of school choice supporters in New Orleans, a pair of Georgia state lawmakers talked about...
Read More >Florida roundup: Charter schools, reading instruction, jobs and more
Community. Early learning and college scholarships help fuel the revitalization of an Orlando community. New York Times. Charter schools. The...
Read More >We can all learn from home schooling
This weekend, thousands of families are gathered in Orlando for a yearly home schooling convention that organizers say is the...
Read More >Putting Florida's preschool programs in perspective
One state enrolls 80 percent of its four-year-olds in publicly supported preschool programs, while spending less than $2,300 per student on...
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