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Jacob OglesDecember 25, 2018

Charter schools may promise to provide access to a top education for more children, but one University of Florida researcher’s findings show hat opportunity doesn’t get offered readily to many of the most at-risk students. A new study shows schools of choice often ignore inquiries of students with special needs, and charter schools do so […]

guestMay 10, 2016

By all accounts, the Jericho School, a private facility opened 21 years ago in Jacksonville, does a wonderful job helping students with autism and other special needs succeed academically. That nearly all of its students are enrolled through two state voucher programs also reflects the fertile nature of Florida’s expanding educational choice landscape. In a […]

Julie DelegalApril 28, 2016

Florida’s approach to improving public education is getting serious scrutiny on several fronts. Now is the time to take a good look at whether the changes we’ve endured — mass privatization, real-dollar funding decreases, high-stakes testing, and loss of local school board authority — gets us closer to carrying out our constitutional duty to our […]

Jac VerSteegFebruary 2, 2016

Florida public schools have arts magnets, science magnets, language arts magnets, foreign language magnets, and on and on. Why not have sports magnets as well? The Florida Legislature is considering bills to greatly expand “choice” for student-athletes and, incidentally, students who participate in other extracurricular activities. Examples are SB 684 and HB 7039. Changes to […]

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Univ. of Florida study: Charter schools less responsive to neediest students

Jon East: Tax-credit scholarships benefit 78,000 of Florida’s poorest schoolchildren

Julie Delegal: Failure factories, school inequity in Florida

Jac VerSteeg: Time for sports magnet schools?