Florida’s public schools are growing. And educational options are growing faster. Public schools added more than 16,000 students in grades PreK-12 in the 2016-17 school year. A new analysis by Step Up For Students, using data from the Florida Department of Education, shows the state’s full spectrum of school choice[Read More…]
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School choice growth accelerates in Florida; 1.6 million students choose
The changes in Florida’s educational landscape show no signs of slowing. On the contrary, more than 1.6 million preK-12 students enrolled in school choice programs during the 2015-16 school year. School choice enrollment increased by more than 74,000 – nearly the same amount as the previous two years combined, according to an analysis[Read More…]
The demise of the neighborhood school in South Florida
“Neighborhood schools could soon be a thing of the past,” the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported this weekend. As our annual “changing landscape” analyses reveal, choice is becoming the norm in Florida’s public education system. More than four in 10 students choose some option other than their assigned public school; in Miami-Dade[Read More…]
School choice still rising in Florida: 1.5 million students choose
School choice options in Florida grew last year at more than twice the rate of total enrollment, surpassing 1.5 million students. That means 43 percent of preK-12 students in the nation’s third-most populous state picked their own form of education. This trend also shows little signs of slowing. Enrollment in[Read More…]
Florida’s school choice bottom line: 1.5 million students
To comprehend the pace at which Florida parents are choosing education options for their children, look no further than charter schools. In the past two years, charter enrollment increased by 49,116 while total public school enrollment went up by only 2,096. Put another way, in 2013-14, one in every 12[Read More…]