A.G. GancarskiMay 22, 2019
3min436
A victory lap for the Governor.
Tag: Step Up for Students
A.G. GancarskiMay 22, 2019
Staff ReportsSeptember 10, 2018
5min564
The Florida office of McGuireWoods Consulting has hired Sara Clements, who starts Sept. 10. She’ll be on the Florida Government Affairs and National Education teams as a vice president, out of the firm’s Tallahassee office. Clements joins the firm after six years of leading government affairs in-house for education nonprofits in Florida. “Sara’s depth of […]
Guest AuthorAugust 13, 2018
6min473
I was raised as a public school kid. After graduating college, I spent 22 years as a teacher and administrator in the Miami-Dade school district, the fourth-largest in the country. I was a high school principal of a small city, 3,000 students. I wasn’t surviving, I was thriving. How did I end up here, principal […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 2, 2018
2min349
In the first three weeks of June, state Rep. Jason Fischer, the incumbent Republican in Mandarin (Jacksonville) House District 16, lengthened his money lead against Democratic challenger Ken Organes. Neither candidate faces a primary opponent, making the race in 16 a sprint toward November. Fischer’s political committee, Conservative Solutions for Jacksonville, brought in $21,000; his campaign account received another […]
Drew WilsonMay 25, 2018
4min447
New compensation reports put Johnson & Blanton just outside of the top-10 in legislative lobbying pay during the first three months of 2018. The seven-member team headed up by Jon Johnson and Travis Blanton received between $750,000 and $1.5 million from its 79 principals in Q1, with the median earnings estimate clocking in at $1.25 […]
Drew WilsonMay 22, 2018
3min367
According to newly filed compensation reports, the seven-member team at Dean Mead brought in up half a million dollars in lobbying fees during the first quarter of 2018. The first-quarter roster of French Brown, Michael Dobson, Peter Dunbar, Martha Edenfield, Brittany Finkbeiner, Michael Minton and Cari Roth were retained by 29 clients for legislative lobbying […]
Drew WilsonMay 4, 2018
5min481
Public education will only improve when people buy in, Step Up for Students President Doug Tuthill said Thursday at the Florida Chamber of Commerce Summit on Prosperity & Economic Opportunity. “I’m going to start with the good news: public education today is in the best shape that it’s ever been in,” Tuthill said, citing the […]
Mitch PerryOctober 20, 2017
8min481
A debate on traditional public schools vs. charter schools took front and center Friday at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club. For 68 minutes, a group of education leaders of various backgrounds discussed the issue at the Ferguson Law Center. Speaking out most prominently for charters was Doug Tuthill, the president of Step Up For Students, the nonprofit group […]
Guest AuthorOctober 18, 2017
4min284
Science, psychology, and innovative research have proven that children possess different learning abilities, skills and interests. To make the most of these unique ways of learning, students need educational options that meet their particular scholastic needs and broaden their interest in education. The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, administered by Step Up for Students, provides […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 18, 2017
7min466
The Florida Education Association (FEA) vented its “frustration” Wednesday after the Florida Supreme Court declined to take up a suit challenging the constitutionality of what’s been called “the nation’s largest private school choice program.” The court decided not to hear a challenge to the Tax Credit Scholarship Program, created in 2001, though – as one former judge noted – its […]