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This former public school teacher created her own school. Now she’s ‘100 percent free.’

JUPITER, Fla. — When you start your own school, you make the rules. You can even bring your dog. The Andersen Academy serves 16 middle school students, nearly all of whom use state-supported education choice scholarships. Founder Carrie Andersen calls it a “concierge homeschool,” for parents who homeschool but want customized support. She started… Read more »

Choice and school closings, rethinking laptops, 13 from Florida in national spelling bee, and more

Around the state: Florida's wildly popular school choice programs are drawing thousands of students away from public schools and prompting some large districts to consider closing dozens of underenrolled schools, Orange County officials say the cost of repairing laptops is not sustainable and they're looking for ways to save money, 13 Florida students are competing... Read more »

Duval board picks Bernier as superintendent, K-12 social studies standards, Sumter schools under state investigation, and more

Around the state: Duval school board members voted Thursday to hire former Lee County superintendent Christopher Bernier to lead the school district, the state's K-12 social studies standards still require students to learn "how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit," the FDOE is investigating the Sumter County... Read more »

Pasco adding parental civility to handbook, school closings, flag football, USF stadium, and more

Around the state: Parental civility guidelines are being added to the Pasco school district's code of conduct, Duval school officials hear complaints from the community about their plan to close schools, plans for new schools in Sarasota County have been delayed by budget problems, a USF committee approves contracts to building a $340 million football... Read more »

Licata’s separation deal slashed, black history museum site recommendation, and more

Around the state: Broward school board members slashed the proposed separation agreement for outgoing superintendent Peter Licata, a task force is recommending that the Florida Black History Museum be located in St. Augustine, three Broward high school administrators have been cleared of an allegation that they allowed a transgender girl to play with the school's... Read more »

Broward may end automatic evacuations on bomb threats, Bright Futures disparity, and more

Around the state: Broward schools' chief of security and safety wants to end automatic evacuations of schools that receive bomb threats, an analysis of Bright Futures data shows little change in the percentage of black students receiving the scholarships since the program started, segregation is on the rise in Miami-Dade schools, a nontraditional school in... Read more »

Muslim school threatened with loss of state vouchers, closed Broward schools could reopen as charters, book reviews, and more

Around the state: The state is threatening to cut off taxpayer-funded vouchers to a private Muslim school in Miami that's associated with a dentist who has made inflammatory remarks about Jewish people, charter school operators are showing interest in turning any schools closed by the Broward County School District into charter schools, Hillsborough County teachers... Read more »

Broward board pushes for another list of schools to close, tax measures, NIL, FAMU gift, prom dress code, and more

Around the state: Broward school board members question the superintendent's new plan to deal with declining enrollment and order him to create a new list of eight schools that should be closed, Miami-Dade school officials are hearing complaints about their plans to rezone and repurpose schools, Pinellas' school board approves the placement of a tax... Read more »

Eight NW Florida school districts closed today over weather, site of shooting being demolished, and more

Around the state: Leon County's school district and seven others in northwest Florida are closed today because of a threat of severe weather in the area, the building at a Broward high school where 17 students and employees were gunned down in 2018 will be demolished in mid-June, Broward's superintendent introduces a new plan to... Read more »

By catering to students who learn differently, Beacon College helped Ryan ‘Blow away expectations’

LEESBURG – Ryan Sleboda is a college graduate with a degree in anthrozoology, a 4.0 GPA, and the distinction of being one of five valedictorians for Beacon College’s Class of 2024. He’s sailing off to a future where he expects to own a business – a doggy daycare – and live on his own. “That’s… Read more »

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