A contingent of faith leaders and their supporters gathered in the state Capitol Thursday to back a proposed expansion of the state’s tax credit scholarship program for low-income students. About 200 of them packed a legislative room before the proposed bill got its first hearing before the House Tax &[Read More…]
Tag: Florida Alliance for Choices in Education
In Florida, 1.5 million students choose
Editor’s note: This week is National School Choice Week, so it’s only fitting that we bring you this statistical snapshot of how deeply school choice has taken root in Florida, arguably the leading state for expanding learning options. Too many of those who hail Florida as a national leader in[Read More…]
Andrew Campanella: Make 2014 a Year of New Opportunity for school choice
Editor’s note: Andrew Campanella is president of National School Choice Week. This concludes our #schoolchoiceWISH series. As school choice supporters, we hope children who benefit from educational opportunity will “dream big.” We tell students to aim for their loftiest goals and to never give up. My #schoolchoiceWISH is that school[Read More…]
School choice parents to rally at Florida Capitol
“Where are the parents who support school choice?” “Where are the parents who support parental empowerment?” “Where are the parents whose children benefit from education reform?” These are typical questions from traditional parenting groups, groups that sometimes say they represent Florida parents in all educational matters. They have to ask[Read More…]
Let’s talk about broader school choice
Editor’s note: Wendy Howard is executive director of the Florida Alliance for Choices in Education, which includes a broad range of school choice organizations. The views expressed here are her own and not that of FACE. Four years after my daughter Jessica Howard began a petition drive to make it[Read More…]
Tony Bennett praises Florida school districts for expanding school choice
Florida’s new education commissioner is known for his zealous support of charter schools and vouchers and other learning options that some critics see as anti-public school. But on Tuesday afternoon, Tony Bennett sat next to Hillsborough County Public Schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia inside a Tampa magnet school for boys, and[Read More…]
Choice groups, unite! Florida alliance brings school choice sectors together
In 2010, Doug Tuthill took a look around and realized he was living in a new era. “Florida had this rapidly expanding portfolio of school choice options,” said Tuthill, the president of Step Up For Students, which administers the state’s tax credit scholarship program. “Yet there was little dialogue among[Read More…]
Tony Bennett will highlight National School Choice Week events in Florida
It’s only fitting: Florida, a trailblazer in expanding school choice, will be among the busiest states during National School Choice Week. This year’s celebration, which officially begins Sunday, is by far the largest ever, with more than 3,500 events in 50 states, up from 406 last year. Florida has at least[Read More…]