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.
06/19/14
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Tax credit scholarships. A Miami Herald guest column attacks the program for not being subject to the same regulations as...
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06/18/14
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Slightly more than one in 10 Florida students attends private school, but like other school choice options in Florida, the...
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06/18/14
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Tax credit scholarships. WFTV airs criticisms of school choice programs by Central Florida Democrats.  A Heartland Institute fellow supports the program...
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06/17/14
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More students attended Florida private schools this year than in any year since the onset of the economic downturn, and...
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06/17/14
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Test results. New end of course exam results largely show improvement over last year. StateImpact. Tampa Bay Times.  Orlando Sentinel. Florida...
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06/16/14
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School choice. Florida's major school choice legislation officially lands on the governor's desk. Tampa Bay Times. Sentinel School Zone. Digital...
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06/13/14
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Special needs. Financial difficulties continue for a Polk County private school for  children with autism. Lakeland Ledger. Career academies. A Palm...
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06/12/14
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Special needs. A new option could soon replace a closing charter school for students with autism. Tampa Bay Times. Career...
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06/11/14
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Courts. Citing disproportionate impacts on poor and minority students, a California judge strikes down that state's teacher tenure laws. Associated...
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06/10/14
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Courts. By expanding to include some of the largest school choice programs in the country, Florida's school funding lawsuit is "taking...
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