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Baseball is in his blood, and so is serving those less fortunate in his community
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Javier Santana is the cook, so he doesn’t interact with the diners at the local Ronald McDonald House Charities. But every so often he pokes his head out of the kitchen to see who’s enjoying the pork chops or steak or pasta or whatever he whipped up for the evening meal. Did […]
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Noah has big goals, and a Florida Ed Choice scholarship is helping him reach them
TRINITY, Florida – Noah Allen was in middle school when he began to teach himself Latin. College-level Latin. He did that for two years. He also taught himself Japanese. And Korean. “It’s his superpower,” Noah’s mom, Josie, said. “He loves to learn.” Noah, 16, is inherently curious. Theater, art, and music are a few areas […]
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Florida ed choice scholarship gives young missionary a 'well-rounded education'
Celie White met children in Guatemala who live on the edge of landfills. They walk behind trucks that dump trash and pick through the garbage for something of value they can exchange for food. Their homes are shanties made of refuse. They are surrounded by filth and disease. There is little hope of an escape […]
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New report shows scaling Florida scholarship program 11 times more effective at improving student performance than increasing public school funding
New research by the American Federation for Children found that scaling Florida’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program over 15 years improved public school student achievement. The report published March 4 by AFC senior fellow Patrick Graff, a former Florida Catholic school teacher, compared two leading peer-reviewed studies of each approach that used Florida data: a 2023 study of Florida’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program over 15 years and […]
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The goal is the Oval Office, and the journey there includes the Olympics
TALLAHASSEE – Amanda Thompson said she will be the president of the United States. Not wants to be or hopes to be but will be. Just like she will be the attorney general of Florida, the governor of Florida, and the United States attorney general before reaching the Oval Office. “That’s the plan,” she said. […]
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For this family, hybrid home education includes a class at the district high school
Each school day at 2:35 p.m., Joshua Jones enters a classroom at Crescent City Junior-Senior High School and settles into an agriculture class for eighth-graders. It’s the only class Joshua attends at the school, located about six miles from his home. And it caps the academic portion of his day, which starts at 8:30 a.m. […]
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A Man for Others: Jesuit High senior embodies the school's commitment to serve those in need
TAMPA – The words on the trophy read “Future Philanthropist,” and Mrs. Finley, who taught fifth grade that year, cried when she presented it to Andrew Weber during graduation. Andrew smiled at the memory. “It was one of the highlights of my elementary school career,” he said. “Mrs. Finley said I was one of her […]
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The challenges of attending a private school prepared the Mathis siblings for the challenges of life
ST. PETERSBURG – Life, it’s often said, is what happens when you’re making other plans. Tasia Mathis planned on joining the U.S. Navy Reserve. Then her grandmother, with whom Tasia and her younger brother Jeremiah lived with, died suddenly from complications of kidney failure. “The papers were signed, but I wasn’t able to go through […]
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Why retire when you can breathe life into your alma mater and save it from closing
HAVANA – It was a typical July afternoon in Florida’s Panhandle. The air was hot and sticky, and the sun hid behind the dark gray thunder clouds building to the north of Robert F. Munroe Day School in Havana. A warm breeze kicked up, signaling the approaching late-day storm. The students who darted about earlier […]
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Ed Choice scholarship helps student-athlete navigate the world of Name, Image, and Likeness
CLEARWATER, Florida – A check recently arrived in the mail for Landon Green, his compensation for the two hours he spent autographing baseball cards of himself one day last summer. He signed 2,000 cards and was paid $1 for each signature. That’s a nice payday for anyone, especially a 17-year-old high school junior who is […]
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