As our culture continues to shift around us, so should the way we prepare our children to enter it. While there may be a hot debate within the educational community as to how to prepare our children for success, the main purpose of elementary education...
Is your high schooler college ready? It’s not always a simple “yes” or “no” question. High schoolers who are excelling in one area may be struggling in another, and even caring, watchful parents can miss the signs that a student isn’t ready for college. After...
As a society, we have a tendency to overlook the transition from elementary to middle school, which can be quite jarring in its own right. After all, the entire structure of middle school is vastly different from elementary schools’ “one teacher to a class” system....
The struggles of the education system in recent years have fallen under a lot of scrutiny, and for good reason. Some alarming facts and statistics: 30 years ago, America was the leader in quantity and quality of high school diplomas. Today, our nation is ranked...
Whether your child’s in high school or preschool, chances are you've thought about what your son or daughter’s experience will be like when the time comes for them to apply to college. Will they have the grades and test scores to be enrolled in the...
The decision to send your child to a private school will have an incredible and long-lasting impact on their education and future. All that’s left is to pick a school. Should be easy, right? Not exactly. There are 101 private schools in Pinellas County, each offering...
Since 2002, the Florida Tax Credit (FTC) Scholarship Program has funded more than 784,000 scholarships thanks to approximately $3.9 billion in donations from the corporate community. This landmark achievement is responsible for strengthening school choice in the State of Florida while simultaneously making private education...
Private school enrollment is on the rise in Florida and has been for some time. In an annual report published by the Florida Department of Education, it’s shown that 380,295 students were enrolled in private schools across the state during the 2018-19 school year. This...
As children get older, they start to experience some important self-realizations that will, at least partially, solidify their path into the future. Your child may aspire to be any number of things — a doctor, a scientist, an author. To ensure that these goals are...
According EdChoice, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, “School choice allows public education funds to follow students to the schools or services that best fit their needs—whether that’s to a public school, private school, charter school, home school or any other learning environment parents choose for...