About The Author

Travis Pillow

Travis Pillow is senior director of thought leadership and growth at Step Up For Students. He lives in Sanford, Florida, with his wife and two children. A former Tallahassee statehouse reporter, he most recently worked at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research organization at Arizona State University, where he studied community-led learning innovation and school systems' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. He can be reached at tpillow (at) sufs.org.
06/20/25
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A new set of dire warnings have emerged about the wave of new policies allowing families to direct public education...
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06/13/25
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Mike Goldstein, a shrewd observer of education innovation, reflects on the recent retreat of John Arnold—a billionaire investor and philanthropist—from an...
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06/06/25
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Florida has passed a historic milestone. The majority of all students now attend a learning option chosen by their parents....
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05/30/25
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Two numbers are helpful for thinking about the future of education. $946 billion. That's the amount of funding for public...
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05/23/25
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The National Microschooling Center has released its latest nationwide analysis of the sector, which it estimates accounts for roughly 2...
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05/16/25
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This week, a congressional committee signed off on a budget bill that includes the first-ever nationwide education choice scholarship program....
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05/09/25
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Education savings accounts and ESA-like individual tax credits are sweeping the nation, allowing more parents to direct public education funding....
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05/02/25
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This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case that could pave the way for religious charter schools. Zooming out,...
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04/30/25
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This year Florida lawmakers set out to free the school districts. The idea, championed by Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, is...
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04/28/25
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Dan Fitzpatrick offers a useful mental model for thinking through the impact of artificial intelligence on education: Will it mostly...
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