About The Author

Travis Pillow

Travis Pillow is senior director of thought leadership and growth at Step Up For Students. He lives in Sanford, Florida, with his wife and two children. A former Tallahassee statehouse reporter, he most recently worked at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research organization at Arizona State University, where he studied community-led learning innovation and school systems' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. He can be reached at tpillow (at) sufs.org.
10/06/14
Travis Pillow
The origins of the approach that's driving one of Florida's newest and most highly rated rural charter schools can be found...
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10/06/14
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Personal learning scholarship accounts. The Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times look at PLSAs, Florida's newest educational option for special...
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10/03/14
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This summer, the country's largest private online education provider was anxiously awaiting its Florida school grade, which had the potential to cost...
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10/03/14
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School choice. Choice may beget more choices, as requests from parents at an elementary magnet prompt Pasco schools officials to revisit...
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10/02/14
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The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday designated nine Florida schools - including four charters, two private schools, and a district choice...
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10/02/14
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Lawsuits. A new coalition calls on groups to drop their lawsuit challenging the state's tax credit scholarship program. News Service...
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10/01/14
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A group of community, faith and parental choice leaders is targeting the groups challenging the largest private school choice program in the...
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10/01/14
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While the growth of Florida charter schools has made the state a national leader in the sector, a new report by...
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10/01/14
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In the wake of a second scuttled application to open a charter school for families at Tampa's MacDill Air Force...
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10/01/14
Travis Pillow
Vouchers. Florida's McKay Scholarship program, which provides vouchers to special needs students, is on the verge of saving taxpayers $1...
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