Sparking the evolution of education choice
On this episode, senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Brett Farley, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Oklahoma. Founded in 2017 by Oklahoma’s Catholic bishops, the Catholic Conference of Oklahoma serves as the official voice of the Catholic Church in Oklahoma on matters of public policy. The Conference operates[Read More…]
Charter schools are still public schools, at least for now. The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it would not hear Charter Day School, Inc. v. Peltier, a closely watched case involving a North Carolina charter school’s dress code but that could have had broader implications for charter schools. A[Read More…]
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 1 into law, he praised it as “the largest expansion of education choice not only in this state but in the history of these United States.” During committee hearings, lawmakers called it “transformational.” The sweeping legislation extended eligibility for the Sunshine State’s 20-year-old[Read More…]
Editor’s note: This news release was provided by Florida Virtual School. To listen to a reimaginED podcast interview with FLVS senior manager for curriculum development Amy Heflin, click here. As the world races toward an artificial intelligence-driven future, Florida Virtual School unveils one of the first AI programs of study,[Read More…]
On this episode, reimaginED senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Amy Heflin, senior manager for STEM curriculum at Florida Virtual School. Heflin discusses a new high school course program in artificial intelligence and how it will offer students a foundational knowledge of AI and its applications. Her interview comes a[Read More…]
Melissa Ley left her job as a teacher at a public school to let her daughters learn at home after determining the public schools they attended were not the best fit for them. At the time, Ley’s family didn’t qualify for an education choice scholarship, so she enrolled the girls[Read More…]
On this episode, reimaginED senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Mary Mitchell, an award-winning educator at Florida Virtual School. Mitchell, who started teaching in 1998, was among the first to join the faculty at the state’s premier online public school and wrote one of its earliest biology courses. She has[Read More…]
A bill that Florida leaders are calling “transformational” would greatly expand the state’s 21-year-old education choice scholarship program by opening eligibility to all K-12 students in the Sunshine State and empowering parents to customize their children’s learning. “Florida is about expanding freedom and opportunity,” said House Speaker Paul Renner, R[Read More…]
