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Nogales, Arizona · NogalesMexicayotl Academy of Excellence, a charter school in Nogales Arizona, demonstrated the highest level of average academic growth among Arizona schools in the latest version of the Stanford Educational Opportunity Project data (see national data below). Clocking in at an impressive 95.6% faster than the national average, Mexicayotl is famous for academics, native dance performances and fun. It is not just the fortunate students in Nogales who can…See the Story
Mexicayotl’s radical success demonstrates the folly of charter school technocracy - NextSteps: Step Up For Students
Tampa · TampaAfter we finished recording an interview about homeschool families using state funds to pay for educational activities at Florida theme parks, a TV reporter told me her most interesting day in high school occurred at Busch Gardens in Tampa. Her physics class spent a day with the engineers responsible for the iconic theme park’s roller coaster rides. These engineers explained the physics behind how the various roller coasters are designed, shared…See the Story
Education Choice and Learning by Doing - NextSteps: Step Up For Students
Baseball · TallahasseeAround the state: Florida is appealing a judge’s decision that blocks the enforcement of a 2023 state law requiring a transgender teacher to use pronouns aligning with her sex assigned at birth, three sites are chosen as finalists to land the Florida Museum of Black History, a Lee County’s baseball season was cut short by a racially inflammatory email and a subsequent in-game walkout, an inspector general’s recent audit of Florida’s Bright Futur…See the Story
State appeals pronoun ruling, black history museum finalists, a Lee County baseball story, and more - NextSteps: Step Up For Students
Charter Schools · TallahasseeTwo more bills signed: Volunteer chaplains could have access to public and charter schools to counsel willing students under a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Ron DeSantis. “There are some students (who) need some soul prep,” he said. Chaplains from all faiths are welcome in schools that choose to participate, he said, but he drew the line at an offer to include representatives from the Satanic Temple. “That is not a religion,” DeSantis sa…See the Story
Schools opening to volunteer chaplains and 'patriotic' groups, state's top administrators, and more - NextSteps: Step Up For Students
Tallahassee · TallahasseeCommunism classes: Florida’s K-12 students will start learning about the history of communism in the 2026-2027 school year under a bill that was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis. “We’re going to tell the truth about the evils of communism, about the unprecedented death toll at the hands of communist tyranny,” said DeSantis, who blamed the ideology for 100 million casualties over the decades. Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. ad…See the Story
Florida K-12 students to learn lessons of 'evils of communism,' charter conversion fails, and more - NextSteps: Step Up For Students
Health · Broward CountyAround the state: Broward school Superintendent Peter Licata is retiring for health reasons after just 10 months on the job, Broward’s school board reaches an agreement to pay charter schools an undisclosed amount of money from a 2018 tax referendum, former Florida governor and U.S. senator Bob Graham has died at the age of 87, the Pinellas school district is offering its employees discounted day-care for children 12 to 48 months old, four citie…See the Story
Broward's Licata retiring over health and is quickly replaced, charter issue settled, Bob Graham dies, and more - NextSteps: Step Up For Students
Ron DeSantis · FloridaFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a new bill into law Tuesday that limits the ability of individuals without students in a given school district to raise objections to books in those districts.See the Story
DeSantis signs bill limiting book objections in school libraries
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Phoenix, Arizona · PhoenixOn Jan.17, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a 10-minute farewell address after having served his nation as president. He had interesting things to say, such as: As we peer into society’s future, we – you and I, and our government – must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking …See the Story
