Tag: foundation for excellence in education
How school choice puts all hands on deck
Seventeen years ago, a group of business and community leaders in Tampa Bay decided to renovate rather than raze an old, abandoned public school. The spooky building with stately red brick once served generations of Cuban and Italian kids in Tampa’s historic Ybor City neighborhood. The group wanted to restore... READ MOREFlorida schools roundup: Schools of excellence, toll penalties and more
Schools of excellence: Eighty-eight more Florida schools may be added to...
READ MOREFlorida schools roundup: Class sizes and teacher pay, tax holiday and more
Class size changes: A proposal is filed with the Constitution...
READ MOREFlorida’s ‘bottom-up’ move to personalized learning
Florida is making a concerted push toward personalized learning — tailoring lessons...
READ MOREFlorida schools roundup: Education suit dismissed, Bush’s return and more
Lawsuit dismissed: Florida has not failed to fulfill its constitutional mandate to...
READ MOREHow’s course access working in Florida school districts?
Over the past few years, Florida has been overhauling its...
READ MORECondoleezza Rice: ‘I’m a great believer in public schools’ – and school choice
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was tapped Thursday to succeed...
READ MOREWhy don’t states work together on new digital learning options?
A new report says the time has come for states...
READ MOREJeb Bush, parental choice & Florida’s extraordinary transformation
The private school voucher Gov. Jeb Bush signed into law...
READ MOREEducators: Parental choice isn’t public vs. private
Anybody watching the scrum over the tax credit scholarship bill...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: School choice, charter schools, Common Core and more
School choice. Legislation expanding education options passes in the Florida...
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