Tag: education change
Free school? Microschool? Unicorn school? Whatever you call it, it’s been thriving for 50 years
ARCHER, Fla. – Archer is a crossroads community of 1,100 people 15 minutes from the college town of Gainesville, but far enough away to have its own quirky identity. It’s surrounded by live oak-studded ranch land but calling it a “farm town” doesn’t ring right. When railroads ruled the Earth,... READ MORECan’t you feel a brand new day? Public schools and scholarships work together for Florida families
When I think about the state of public education in...
READ MOREHappy 96th birthday to John E. Coons, education choice visionary
John E. Coons was ahead of his time. Decades before...
READ MOREUtah education choice champions look to state Supreme Court to find the floor and save ESA program
In the 1949 Looney Tunes short “Mouse Wreckers,” two mind-manipulating...
READ MOREFor this former public school educator, starting a microschool was a dream come true
SARASOTA, Fla. – Alison Rini thought her destiny was...
READ MOREThe nature school that’s growing environmental leaders
SARASOTA, Fla. – When Briana Santoro and her family moved...
READ MOREDistricts are leading Florida’s generational education transformation
A generation ago, Florida’s school districts could safely assume that...
READ MOREESAs and transactional friction in public education’s third era
In its third era, public education aspires to expand equal...
READ MOREBy the numbers: Florida’s history-making growth of education options
This school year, Florida is empowering half a million students...
READ MOREFive faces of 500,000: These Florida families took control of their children’s educational destiny
As the movement for education options gains momentum across the...
READ MOREThis educator skipped the traditional teacher route and headed straight into entrepreneurship
DAVENPORT, Fla. – Valeria Oquendo didn’t set out to be...
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