Research &amp; Publications

#Excelined, #schoolchoice, Voters want choice in education

New poll says voters overwhelmingly support giving parents opportunity to choose where they send their children to school A new statewide survey of 800 registered voters in Florida released today found that nearly 80 percent of voters support allowing parents to choose a school instead of sending them to a school based on their zip code. “The vast majority of voters—nearly 80 percent—believe parents should…

School Choice Isn’t Betsy DeVos, It’s A Million Little Mutinies

February 9, 2019

#BetsyDevos, #EdChocie, #EdChoice, Mutinies

Mike McShane Feb 7, 2019, Forbes The Nobel Prize-winning Trinidadian author V.S. Naipaul died in August of last year. Known for his sprawling novels like 1961’s A House for Mr. Biswas and 1971’s Booker Prize-winning In a Free State, he was also a prodigious producer of both acerbic social commentary and vivid travel writing. In…

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2015–16

December 8, 2018

National Center for Education Statistics, NCES, per student funding, USDOE

A report released in December 2018 by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the U.S. Department of Education shows that spending on K-12 schools across the United States has increased for the third consecutive year. The average per student allocation was $11,841 — but the amounts vary widely from state to state. The District…

Charter schools successful teaching underserved students

December 3, 2018

#charterschooloversight, charter school accountability, charter school oversight, Keith Jacobs, Step Up for Students, The Sun

A response from Keith Jacobs to The Sun, Gainesville – December 3, 2018: The editorial published Nov. 23 in The Gainesville Sun, “More oversight needed for charter schools,” exemplifies how charter opponents put their personal feelings above student needs. Educational choice is not the enemy of traditional public schools. It is the result of parents’…

School Choice Moms’ Tipped the Governor’s Florida Race

November 21, 2018

#chartermoms, #schoolchoice, #schoolchoicemoms, 2018 midterms, African-American Women, DeSantis support, exit polls, GOP, Governor DeSantis, wall street journal

Article from The Wall Street Journal by William Mattox, Nov. 20, 2018 ‘School Choice Moms’ Tipped the Governor’s Florida Race DeSantis owes his win to unexpected support from minority women. Believe it or not, Republican Ron DeSantis owes his victory in the Florida gubernatorial election to about 100,000 African-American women who unexpectedly chose him over…

Q&A with Duval County District 4 School Board-Elect Darryl Willie

November 16, 2018

Darryl Willie, Duval Public Schools, Jacksonville, School Board Member

WJCT Public Media – November 16, 2018 – Darryl Willie, a former teacher and now the Executive Director of Teach for America Jacksonville, was recently elected to the school board Duval County’s 4th District, which covers parts of Jacksonville’s Northside and Eastside. When ask what he thinks about charter school, Mr. Willie said: For charter…

The Dangers of Studying with Stimulants

November 9, 2018

studying with stimulants, Taylor Hooton, teacher resources

With the stress of final exams approaching for many students comes long hours of late night studying and in turn a lack of sleep. Many students are looking for an edge to stay focused for extended periods of time. While it may seem like the best approach, some could come with potential risk and harm.…

Teacher tip: 4 Reasons to Start Class With a Poem Each Day

October 5, 2018

National poetry month, teacher

Make a daily habit of starting every ELA class with a poem—they’re short and intense, connect to other reading, and inspire student writing. Edutopia, by Brett Vogelsinger For each school day of the past three years, I’ve started my ninth-grade English class with a poem. When I first made this commitment, I feared that I…

It’s not the stress that matters, it’s how we deal with it.

September 12, 2018

discipline, inner explorer, InnerExplorer, meditation, mindfulness, student stress, teacher stress