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National School Choice Week and Catholic Schools Week 2026: Let the celebration begin

The time has come when we officially recognize National School Choice Week. However, we at Step Up For Students like to say that every week is National...

Moving to Florida for a school called Hope

By Ron Matus and Julisse Levy HUDSON, Fla. – In 2022, Joel Hernandez and his wife, Norma Torres, had to...

For this family, hybrid home education includes a class at the district high school

Each school day at 2:35 p.m., Joshua Jones enters a classroom at Crescent City Junior-Senior High School and settles into...

Ed Choice scholarship helps student-athlete navigate the world of Name, Image, and Likeness

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A check recently arrived in the mail for Landon Green, his compensation for the two hours he...

In Florida, a power tools class is on the à la carte learning menu, too

MIRAMAR, Fla. – Florida’s explosion in à la carte learning has created space for all kinds of new, state-supported educational...

Florida’s à la carte learning boom: A special report

By David Heroux and Ron Matus In the blink of an eye, à la carte learning in Florida has become...

At this microschool, it’s math at the beach and swimming with the sharks

TAVERNIER, Fla. – Every year, millions of students across America learn the foundational concept of place value in math. But...

By running the Chicago Marathon, Caleb Prewitt continues to raise the bar for the Down syndrome community

Caleb Prewitt continued to shatter the perception of what someone with Down syndrome can’t do when he conquered the 26.2-mile course at...

Free school? Microschool? Unicorn school? Whatever you call it, it’s been thriving for 50 years

ARCHER, Fla. – Archer is a crossroads community of 1,100 people 15 minutes from the college town of Gainesville, but...

Can’t you feel a brand new day? Public schools and scholarships work together for Florida families

When I think about the state of public education in Florida, I recall a song from “The Wiz,” the 1978...

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