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Daniel TilsonAugust 18, 2014

The excitement so many Florida families feel at the start of a new school year is increasingly tinged, if not outright singed, by burning controversy and conflict over how best to fund, manage and deliver public school education. Like plenty of parents, I keep concerns about our public schools under my hat, leaving our 8-year-old […]

Guest AuthorApril 24, 2014

The students who enroll at the school I founded in southeast Jacksonville in 1988 come for many different reasons, but a good number come after struggling elsewhere. Some got lost in schools that were too big, or didn’t fit in schools that were too cliquish. Some didn’t take full advantage of their opportunities and needed […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 12, 2014

The point of school choice is to give parents options because we know different students thrive in different learning environments. So our need to assure that all these schools are holding up their end of the bargain is made no easier by those who demand we treat them as though they are all alike. Julie […]

Tag: School choice

Daniel Tilson: Florida’s public schools open under siege

Nadia Hionides: A school that works for one child may not work for another

Jason Fischer: School choice requires policymakers to strike a balance