Editor’s note: This Palm Coast, Florida, mom was happy with the school her daughter, Abby, attended with assistance from a Florida Tax Credit Scholarship. Then Abby, who had been diagnosed with a special need at age 3, became a teenager and started to struggle. Demain once again found herself seeking[Read More…]
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School choice gave this educator a LiFT
SEMINOLE, Fla. – Kim Kuruzovich’s daughter Gina has moderate autism, speech apraxia and dyslexic tendencies. She began a suite of therapies at age 2, then, at age 4, saw a psychologist for an educational evaluation. The expert wasn’t encouraging. “He told us, ‘You can look forward to Gina putting pencils[Read More…]
It’s opening day for new parental choice program in Florida
One parent told us it was a blessing. Another said it was like winning the lottery. Another said she and her son, an eighth-grader with autism, had “finally won.” Today marks the start of a new K-12 scholarship program in Florida and maybe even a new era in parental choice[Read More…]