Lost in the Noise: A Major Shift in Florida School Choice
How Sunshine State Kids and Odyssey are positioning themselves to disrupt a system long dominated by Step Up…
What is going on in Florida?
A lot. So much, in fact, that it has become difficult for an edu-blogger to keep up. In…
“Whatever could go wrong, Has gone wrong”
Florida’s rapidly expanding voucher program effectively bankrupted the K–12 funding formula in 2024–25, resulting in a $47 million deficit. Today,…
Don’t Be Fooled by the Man Behind the Curtain
Step Up’s marketplace is no Emerald City — it’s a mirage built on The dismantling Of public schools….
profiteering at the expense of students, families, and taxpayers: Step Up’s Marketplace
Students shouldn’t be trapped In a Marketplace Full Of overpriced choices. Families and taxpayers deserve better. On August…
From Public Good to Personal Gain: How Florida’s ESAs Invite Abuse
K–12 funds are meant to educate students now, not be siphoned into private accounts—yet another reason Florida’s school…
Selling Florida’s Public Schools, Piece by Piece
How Step Up for Students is recruiting school boards into the unbundling of public schools Florida’s public schools…
The Wheels on the Bus… Are Underfunded
Florida lawmakers scrapped school start time reforms rather than Address underfunded Student transportation—will they now divert those same…
Step Up’s Plan B: Redirect Title I, Privatize Public Education
In the 2023–24 school year (FY2024), Florida’s public schools—both district-managed and charter—received approximately $1.1 billion in federal Title I education funding….
Florida’s “School Choice” Boom? Most Families Still Choose Public Schools
Crossing the Rubicon… to Discover, once again, Parents Still Love Their Public Schools If you have been following…
Will Florida Preempt Local Zoning Laws and Fund Expansion of Near Capacity Private Jewish Schools?
Will Tampa’s Hillel Academy Middle School become the poster child for using tax payer dollars to build private…
2024-25 Florida Voucher Funding Approaches $4 Billion
Step Up for Students (the politically connected, scholarship funding organization that oversees more than 99% of Florida’s voucher…
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