A real debate to be had over charter school funding
Over the past decade, funding for Florida's charter school buildings has lagged enrollment growth and efforts to give them access...
Read More >Florida roundup: Tax credit scholarships, charter schools, competition and more
Tax credit scholarships. Parents of children who receive scholarships answer critics in the Florida Times-Union and the Ocala Star-Banner. The program...
Read More >Citrus County's only Catholic school gets a chance to stay open
Parents in Citrus County received some good news going into the holiday weekend. Their community's only Catholic School, which they...
Read More >Florida roundup: School choice, Common Core, testing and more
School choice. "There has always been school choice," Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino claims in a column railing against...
Read More >Florida roundup: Tax credit scholarships, testing, dress codes and more
Tax credit scholarships. Gov. Rick Scott avoids wading into the debate between the House and Senate over testing of scholarship...
Read More >Rhetoric on charter school facilities misses full funding picture
Spending plans moving through the Florida Legislature in its final weeks have reinvigorated a familiar debate over how to help charter...
Read More >Florida roundup: Tax credit scholarships, charter schools, Common Core and more
Charter schools. In an innovative arrangement, a new Miami-Dade charter school will be built with private funds but managed by...
Read More >Where school choice legislation stands in Florida
When it comes to school choice legislation, lawmakers will have some differences to resolve when they return from their week-long...
Read More >Florida roundup: Charter schools, public school choice, testing and more
Charter schools. Democratic lawmakers refer to state captial funds for charter schools as a "theft" from public education. Tampa Bay...
Read More >Florida's school funding lawsuit veers into school choice
A lawsuit filed four and a half years ago to seek more funding for Florida public schools is spreading its...
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