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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to talk school choice in Florida
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., will be in Florida Friday to talk about school choice. He’s scheduled to tour the Academy Prep private school in Tampa, and hold a roundtable discussion with students and parents. Students at the highly regarded school attend with the help of Florida’s tax credit... READ MOREBalancing freedom & justice to shape school choice accountability
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on the Fordham Institute’s...
READ MOREWhich FL districts have the edge on school choice?
Four Florida school districts again rank in the Top 25...
READ MOREBrookings report: Big variations in school district performance deserve scrutiny
It shouldn’t be a secret that some Florida school districts...
READ MOREStudentsFirst: voucher programs should prioritize students with greatest need
Editor’s note: This guest post from StudentsFirst is authored by...
READ MOREredefinED roundup: Tony Bennett in Florida, voucher parents in Louisiana, charters in Washington & more
Florida: Tony Bennett is selected the state’s new education commissioner...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Test costs, parent protests, the “Florida Formula” & more
Standardized test costs. They total about $1.7 billion a year...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Gerard Robinson, a DOE rebuttal, career academies & more
Gerard Robinson. The former Florida education commissioner, who stepped down...
READ MOREStudy: Vouchers boost college enrollment rates for black students
Black students who won private school vouchers through a lottery...
READ MOREWhile flawed, a new effort shines light on the demand for school choice
The Brookings Institution’s ranking of school choice met with mixed results today,...
READ MOREBrookings: Stop shortchanging charter schools
Our discourse over educational options for underprivileged children clearly has...
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