About The Author

Sherri Ackerman

Sherri Ackerman is the former associate editor of redefinED. She is a former correspondent for the Tampa Bay Times and reporter for The Tampa Tribune, writing about everything from cops and courts to social services and education. She grew up in Indiana and moved to Tampa as a teenager, graduating from Brandon High School and, later, from the University of South Florida with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications/news editing. Sherri passed away in March 2016.
01/08/16
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Note: This post first appeared on "Stepping Beyond the Scholarship." Shaneka Paul struggled with a 2.0 grade point average her...
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12/11/15
Sherri Ackerman
Note: This post initially appeared on "Stepping Beyond the Scholarship." Step Up For Students also hosts redefinED. It didn’t take...
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12/06/15
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This post first appeared on Step Up For Students' "Stepping Beyond the Scholarship" blog. It didn’t take long for Jenna...
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11/25/15
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Note: This student spotlight originally appeared on Step Up For Students' "Stepping Beyond the Scholarship" blog.  Step Up For Students...
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10/01/15
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Shawnay Glenn’s neighborhood school seemed like a good fit as she began her formal education. Prekindergarten through first grade were...
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08/14/15
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Of the 11 children Dorothy Stephenson has raised – two hers and the rest relatives - all but one attended...
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06/19/15
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After a decade of their son using a Step Up For Students school choice scholarship, Lisa and Michael Schroeder wanted...
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01/09/15
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When Julie Blue agreed to be a foster parent to brothers Logan and Mason, she knew she wanted to send...
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09/18/14
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When Lynden Simmons was in the eighth grade, his family had to move into a homeless shelter. It was the...
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03/26/14
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Charter Schools USA is one of the nation’s largest for-profit charter school management companies, with 58 schools in seven states....
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