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Guest AuthorJanuary 28, 2016

America is busy celebrating National School Choice Week — with more than 16,000 events taking place all over the country. But here in Tallahassee, it feels more like Florida School Choice Month, because two landmark January events are apt to have a profound influence on the educational options of Florida students for years to come. […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 31, 2015

A renewed plea to continue Florida’s Tax Credit Scholarship program is the subject of new TV spot set to run in the Tallahassee during tomorrow’s Super Bowl XLIX. The scholarships are under fire in a lawsuit filed by the Florida Teacher’s Union and School Boards Association. The legal challenge aims to end the 13-year old program, […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 6, 2015

Several days before the White House announced the U.S. would be normalizing relations with Cuba, a high school sophomore from Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood gave a speech that wowed a bipartisan group of state legislators and education advocates at a conference sponsored by the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (HCREO). In his speech, […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 3, 2015

Several days before the White House announced the U.S. would be normalizing relations with Cuba, a high school sophomore from Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood gave a speech that wowed a bipartisan group of state legislators and education advocates at a conference sponsored by the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (HCREO). In his speech, […]

William Mattox: Celebrating Florida School Choice Month

Super Bowl ad debuts to save Tax Credit Scholarship Program

William Mattox: Embattled school in Little Havana fears déjà vu all over again

William Mattox: Protect progress in any language