Tag: charter school
For Daniel, a school on his wavelength
TAMPA – To challenge students in his first-period social studies class, professional animator-turned-educator Nick Gallo-Lopez asked them to imagine being trapped in a maze of mirrors inhabited by a people-eating chandelier. It wasn’t your typical social studies lesson. But then, Focus Academy isn’t your typical school, and these weren’t[Read More…]
FL parents push to convert district school into charter school
Parents turn to charter schools for all kinds of reasons, and it’s not always because they want something different. Witness what’s happening right now in Broward County, Fla. As highlighted by this fascinating story from the Miami Herald, a group of parents in Broward, the nation’s sixth-biggest school district, are pushing for[Read More…]
Florida magnet school teachers and parents vote to go charter
Nearly every teacher and parent at a popular magnet school in Bradenton, Fla., has voted in favor of turning the district school into a charter school. Rowlett Magnet Elementary Principal Brian Flynn announced the final tally Monday evening during a public meeting at the Manatee County school, noting 94 percent of his instruction staff and 95 percent of parents[Read More…]
Charter school + “alternate dimensions” = accelerated science education
Edwin Cruz, 14, is a ninth-grader at Orlando Science School and a member of the robotics team. Kristopher Pappas, a sixth-grader at Orlando Science School, looks like a lot of 11-year-olds, like he could have a Kindle and a Razor and put a little brother in a headlock. But Kristopher[Read More…]