Districts & Charter Schools
From school districts to charter schools, we cover public schools and the ways they are governed.
Paging Special Agent Johnny Utah to investigate Utah mystery
“Point Break” follows the adventures of newly minted FBI Special Agent Johnny Utah as he unravels the mystery of a group of Los Angeles bank robbers known as “the Ex-Presidents.” In what may be the greatest bad movie of all time, Agent Utah goes undercover to learn to surf because... READ MOREFlorida school district sees charter schools as ally in managing rapid growth
Suzanne Legg had a problem. She had co-founded her county’s first charter school. Classes had barely begun, and already student behavior was causing serious issues. As a first-time charter school...
READ MORE‘Game Changers’ in K-12 choice
Perun, the rock star of Australian defense economists doing awesome hour-plus hour PowerPoint presentations on YouTube, recently did two such presentations on “game-changing” weapon systems in the ongoing Ukraine-Russian war....
READ MOREFlorida Senate’s deregulation push targets third-grade retention, testing and turnarounds
A provision that made Florida a national literacy leader 20 years ago could be repealed in an effort to ease the regulatory burden on Florida’s school districts. A state Senate...
READ MOREThree trends worth watching in public sentiment on schooling
EdChoice is out with its latest Schooling in America Survey, one of the most comprehensive snapshots of what Americans think of their schools. It’s packed with interesting data points to...
READ MOREMiami-Dade School District proposes new job perk: school choice priority for employees’ kids
As schools in cities across the United States continue struggling to attract and retain teachers, the nation’s fourth-largest district seeks to carve out a new benefit: better odds for its...
READ MOREGet smart fast, vol. 3: Policy failures
Broken Promise? iPromise Academy, LeBron James’s widely publicized foray into educational transformation, is stumbling. Five years in, not one of its current eighth graders has passed the state’s math test,...
READ MOREAbundance is the only answer
A district makes a painful decision to close school plagued by persistent low performance and low enrollment. Fortunately, the closest school is a high-performing, highly sought-after affluent urban enclave. Unfortunately,...
READ MOREHow Florida can make its public schools open to all students
Christina Sheffield’s son, Graham, was soaring ahead of classmates. She wanted a learning environment that challenged him, so she created one herself. She pulled him out of a private school...
READ MOREFlorida and the future of education
This is a message from the new editor of reimaginED. For decades, Florida has expanded the educational options available to families. But some of the hardest and most important work...
READ MORESurvey: Nearly half of parents looking to switch their kids’ schools
Nearly half of all parents are seeking new schools for their children in the 2023-24 school year. The data comes from a new survey by National School Choice Week, which...
READ MORE