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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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With his mom as inspiration, and an ed choice scholarship leading the way, Mason is 'going places'
Lidia Fleites leaves her son with these words every morning when she drops him off at school. “Mason, focus.” “Mason, do good.” And Mason Fernandez, a freshman at Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami, hops out of the car and does just that. Mason, 15, has been an academic star since first grade, the […]
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PEP allows Lyra to fly through the air with the greatest of ease
VENICE – He is not afraid. Lyra Kerr wants to make that clear. He is not afraid to climb a ladder that rises 29 feet above ground. He’s not afraid to stand on the small platform near the top of that ladder and reach for the bar that will swing him over the safety net. […]
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Budding hockey player has a lot of PEP in his game
The spring trip to Sweden and Finland for a hockey tournament would be a scholastic problem for Nick Hacking if not for a Florida education choice scholarship. The games will be played over 10 days in April. Add travel to and from that part of Europe, and that’s a lot of time away from school. […]
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'Dramatic! You can underline that and write it in bold' – A mom's take on the impact of a PEP scholarship
SARASOTA – There are sewing classes, a STEM lab, and what they call “farm school.” Programs for music, acting, and art. Tutors for math and science, reading and language arts. “Totally à la carte,” Elisa Rothbloom described the home education program she and her husband, Dustin Snyder, created for their four children. “And it’s totally […]
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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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