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Low-income students need more resources to close achievement gaps

The latest Florida Department of Education report on the tax credit scholarship program, and my summer discussions with scholarship parents,...

School grade padding in Florida helped district schools more than charters

Florida charter schools didn’t benefit as much as district schools from the school grades “safety net” that state education officials...

Patrick R. Gibbons

Florida schools roundup: Common Core, Ben Gamla, teacher raises & more

Summit: State education leaders meet next week with district superintendents, principals, parents, teachers unions and the business community to talk Common Core,...

Sherri Ackerman

What is the real public opinion on school choice?

Perhaps not surprisingly, recent polls by two education organizations – one in support of, and the other skeptical of, school...

Patrick R. Gibbons

A little context for a rough patch in Florida ed reform

Between 2011 and 2012, the number of Florida high school graduates passing college-caliber Advanced Placement exams jumped from 36,707 to...

Florida schools roundup: District virtual schools, adult ed, charters & more

Virtual school: The Pinellas County School District sees a surge in its in-house virtual school programs, prompting school officials to close the application period...

Sherri Ackerman

Beyond the market argument for school choice

Arguments for subsidized parental choice date to the 18th century. Kept in check by the dominant political mystique that came...

Florida schools roundup: Virtual school, ACT scores, Tony Bennett & more

District app: The Broward County school district redesigns its website to make it more parent-friendly, adding a mobile app and translating...

Sherri Ackerman

Enrollment trends in FL private schools

We reported last month that Florida’s private school enrollment numbers are rising again. And that’s true. But trend lines beneath the...

Florida schools roundup: First days, Common Core, Jeb Bush & more

School is cool: The Community Foundation of Broward County and other donors launch a School is Cool initiative for middle-schoolers to boost high school...

Sherri Ackerman

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