by Lane Wright | Mar 25, 2019
Are you a parent with kids in school? If so, you should know that charter schools in Florida outperform traditional schools in just about everything you can measure. Each year, our state’s education department is required by law to look at how charter school students...
by Sarah Rumpf | Mar 19, 2019
A bill currently being debated in the Florida Legislature risks wiping out up to $235 million in education funding, by making changes to the state’s lottery program, with no plan to replace the funds. According to the Florida Department of Lottery’s most...
by Lane Wright | Feb 21, 2019
If you care about helping kids from lower-income families get a good education or if you simply want your own kids to have access higher quality schools, then Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent announcements should get your attention. In just the last few weeks he’s made a lot...
by Lane Wright | Jan 31, 2019
Somebody literally needs to ask Governor Ron DeSantis this question: Can you give me an example of a specific standard, or maybe a few examples, that highlight the problem you’re trying to solve? My guess? He can’t. I’m not sure anyone can based on the rhetoric I hear...
by Lane Wright | Dec 21, 2018
Did you hear? Florida has just hired a fox to guard the public school henhouse and the newspapers are lamenting the impending death of “public education” in the Sunshine state. If you’re confused, or if you’re simply not so melodramatic, all they’re saying is that the...