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revisitED: Sex, drugs and school choice
The Netherlands decided nearly a century ago to end long-running religious strife over schools and let 1,000 flowers bloom. The Dutch system of universal school choice gives full government funding to...
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revisitED: Lessons from a school choice trailblazer
Civil rights activist Mary McLeod was a school choice pioneer, opening a private, faith-based school for African-American girls in Daytona in 1904. The state of Florida may honor her with a statue in...
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revisitED: California Dreamin’
Illustration by Teresanne Cossetta Russell Editor’s note: This month, redefinED is revisiting the best examples of our Voucher Left series, which focuses on the center-left roots of school choice....
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Remember the rebels
Tracy James, foreground, and her daughter, Khaliah Clanton-Williams, are greeted by principal Maria Mitkevicius and administrator Mary Gaudet at the Montessori School of Pensacola. Khaliah was one of...
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Florida’s Blaine amendment leaves many unanswered questions (Part I)
On June 7, 2005, opposing sides met for the final time to argue before the Florida Supreme Court over the constitutionality of the state’s first voucher program, the Opportunity Scholarship....
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Florida’s Blaine amendment leaves many unanswered questions (Part 2)
Florida’s First District Court of Appeal This is the second of two posts on the judicial history of Florida’s Blaine Amendment with regard to public aid to private religious institutions. Part one can...
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Busting myths of 20 years ago
Florida’s then-Gov. Jeb Bush testifying before a U.S. House committee Sept. 23, 1999. Twenty years ago this week, Gov. Jeb Bush spoke before the House Education Budget Committee about Florida’s...
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archivED: Progressives have long supported vouchers, education choice
Despite what the story lines too often suggest, school choice in America has deep roots on the political left, in many camps spanning many decades. Mississippi Freedom Schools, pictured above (the...
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archivED: The sisters of St. Joseph
St. Benedict The Moor School, St. Augustine, Fla. Editor’s note: Each Saturday in October, redefinED is reviving a post from our archives that speaks to the rich and sometimes surprising history of...
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archivED: Both Democrats and Republicans have switched on education choice
For a variety of reasons, neither political party expressed much interest in public funding for private schools until the 1960s and 70s. Editor’s note: Each Saturday in October, redefinED is reviving a...
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archivED: For school choice foes, a more complete history of vouchers and race
Editor’s note: Each Saturday in October, redefinED is reviving a post from our archives that speaks to the rich and sometimes surprising history of education choice in the United States. Today’s post,...
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Back to the future on a school choice odyssey
Snow Hill Institute, founded in 1893, educated thousands of students, including H.K. Matthews, before closing in 1973 due to court-ordered desegregation. You can hear Matthews explain the ways in which...
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A dream remembered of a man who disappeared
Fessenden Academy faculty, 1914. Joseph L. Wiley is pictured second from the left in the back row. On a hot, humid July evening in 1915, Joseph L. Wiley, longtime principal of a private school on the...
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The 20-year-old scholarship success that might not have been
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, center, applauds on the floor of the Florida House of Representatives after the passage of the Family Empowerment Scholarship program in 2019. Twenty years ago, on June...
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If you’re going to evade a court ruling, why not do it with some style?
“Jeb!” Doc screams, leaping from the time machine. “You’ve got to come back with me!” “Where?!” “Back to the Future!” Doc replies as he scrambles through Jeb’s trash. “It’s the kids Jeb, something has...
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Florida’s Blaine amendment leaves many unanswered questions (Part 2)
Florida’s First District Court of Appeal This is the second of two posts on the judicial history of Florida’s Blaine Amendment with regard to public aid to private religious institutions. Part one can...
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Busting myths of 20 years ago
Florida’s then-Gov. Jeb Bush testifying before a U.S. House committee Sept. 23, 1999. Twenty years ago this week, Gov. Jeb Bush spoke before the House Education Budget Committee about Florida’s...
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archivED: Progressives have long supported vouchers, education choice
Despite what the story lines too often suggest, school choice in America has deep roots on the political left, in many camps spanning many decades. Mississippi Freedom Schools, pictured above (the...
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archivED: The sisters of St. Joseph
St. Benedict The Moor School, St. Augustine, Fla. Editor’s note: Each Saturday in October, redefinED is reviving a post from our archives that speaks to the rich and sometimes surprising history of...
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archivED: Both Democrats and Republicans have switched on education choice
For a variety of reasons, neither political party expressed much interest in public funding for private schools until the 1960s and 70s. Editor’s note: Each Saturday in October, redefinED is reviving a...
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