Behind the numbers: Our analysis of Florida’s school voucher explosion
In 2023, the state lifted the income cap on its voucher program, opening the state scholarships to all. Here’s what we did to ...
Millions flow to wealthy families, pricey private schools under Florida’s supercharged voucher program
A 2023 reform has boosted voucher use by 67%, with one-quarter of state scholarships now going to families in the top income ...
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Florida DOE moves to sanction former Boynton Beach teacher accused of assaulting student
The Florida Department of Education has issued a probable cause ruling against former Sunset Palms Elementary teacher Dax Rankine, paving the way for possible sanctions, including revoking his ...
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PolitiFact FL: How much do immigrant tuition waivers cost the state of Florida?
A Florida Senate analysis estimated that for the 2023-24 fiscal year, the value of the waived out-of-state fees totaled about ...
Florida’s dreamers in crosshairs as lawmakers look to raise their tuition
Jose Carrera is three semesters away from getting his degree in biomedical sciences at the University of Central Florida, but at 22, the undocumented student who emigrated from Mexico when he was two ...
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Elon Musk’s DOGE targets U.S. Department of Education for millions in funding cuts
The U.S. Education Department was hit with hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts after the Department of Government ...
‘The check is going straight to daycare’: Florida’s parents struggle with high cost of child care
After graduating from Florida A&M University, Ruthie Critton and her husband moved to Eatonville, looking to raise a family in the town where she grew up. Critton accepted an administrative job at a ...