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Tag: Florida Tax Credit Scholarship

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PEP scholarship benefits students 'whose needs don’t fit inside the one-size-fits-all system'

Lily Wheeler loves project-based learning, and she loves to draw. She loves phonics lessons that combine the two. Draw a letter and draw an object that matches the letter. One lesson from this past school year stands out to her mother, Erica. Lily, a kindergartener, couldn’t stop looking out the window, and she wouldn’t stop […]
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What does America mean to Caleb? Freedom, honor, and a whole lot more

To me, America is more than just a country. It means freedom, liberty, and honor. That’s how Caleb Vergara Scott began the nearly 308-word essay he wrote for a contest celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States. The topic: What does America mean to him? He summed it up with his title: America the […]
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Of Haydn, hens, and tree forts: The diverse home education of Chiara, the PEP student

TALLAHASSEE – Joseph Haydn’s Sonata 16 filled the house as Chiara Lemmon’s fingers moved across the keys of the family’s piano. Eyes nearly closed, she concentrated on each note. Her head gently bobbed along with the music. A few minutes later, Chiara sat in an adjoining room with her cello. “The music room,” her father, […]
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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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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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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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Lofty dreams and a PEP scholarship power 12-year-old pilot in training

MELBOURNE – When it comes to her son’s education, Denice Santos always thinks about the big picture. “What can we do to merge his goals?” she said. “Education, and then, of course, becoming a pilot.” Her son, William, 12, has wanted to fly airplanes for half his life. He took control of a plane for […]
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Private school scholarships allowed the Roland family to meet the academic needs of their children

Markala was Marlena and John Roland’s first child, and there were more on the way – four more, in all. And Markala was 5, so the Roland children were going to reach school age in quick succession. This presented a dilemma. “We wanted our kids in private school, but we didn’t have the money,” Marlena said. But there was hope. The year was […]
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From Snowed in to Sunny Side: Joseph's journey to self-enrichment

TITUSVILLE, Florida – Coach Mustard did it. Not the deed that formed the plot of the Temple Christian School’s production of “Get a Clue.” That might have been Scarlett Starr. Or not. The play is a mystery. On the surface, Coach Mustard helped solve the mystery. But there was something else going on with Coach, and it […]
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