What back-to-school looks like 25 years after the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship
As families head back to school this month, this episode centers on how school choice can change daily life for... The post What back-to-school looks like 25 years after the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
28 Jul 2026
PodcastED: Alum kicks off the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program's 25th anniversary with ed choice success story
On this episode, recent college graduate Jasmine Meriedy shares her inspiring journey as a Florida Tax Credit Scholarship recipient and... The post PodcastED: Alum kicks off the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program's 25th anniversary with ed choice success story appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
6 Jul 2026
Step Up For Students’ Ron Matus shares Florida success story on Defense of Freedom Institute’s Freedom to Learn podcast
For years, critics of education choice have been saying it will unleash an educational apocalypse in Florida. But what’s unfolding... The post Step Up For Students’ Ron Matus shares Florida success story on Defense of Freedom Institute’s Freedom to Learn podcast appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
9 Aug 2023
podcastED: National charter school movement leader talks about charter performance and Oklahoma’s approval of a religious charter school
On this episode, senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Nina Rees, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Founded in 2005, the alliance’s stated mission is to ensure all children have access to a high-quality public education regardless of their ZIP code. Rees discusses the recent study by... Read more » The post podcastED: National charter school movement leader talks about charter performance and Oklahoma’s approval of a religious charter school appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
28 Jun 2023
podcastED: Advocate says nation’s first religious charter school will fill important niche
On this episode, senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Brett Farley, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Oklahoma. Founded in 2017 by Oklahoma’s Catholic bishops, the Catholic Conference of Oklahoma serves as the official voice of the Catholic Church in Oklahoma on matters of public policy. The Conference operates at the intersection of faith... Read more » The post podcastED: Advocate says nation’s first religious charter school will fill important niche appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
On this episode, reimaginED senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Sue Luther of Largo, Florida, a former private school teacher and single parent of two military-dependent sons. Both boys have received state K-12 scholarships over the years. Her older son, Alexander, 15, was diagnosed at age 2 with severe autism spectrum disorder and currently receives... Read more » The post podcastED: ‘Multiple choice’ Florida mom grateful for K-12 scholarship, robust education choice laws appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
24 May 2023
podcastED: Florida Virtual School manager hopes new courses will teach students to embrace AI
On this episode, reimaginED senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Amy Heflin, senior manager for STEM curriculum at Florida Virtual School. Heflin discusses a new high school course program in artificial intelligence and how it will offer students a foundational knowledge of AI and its applications. Her interview comes a day after FLVS, the nation’s... Read more » The post podcastED: Florida Virtual School manager hopes new courses will teach students to embrace AI appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
10 May 2023
podcastED: Florida scholarship mom delighted with end to waitlist for children with unique abilities
On this episode, reimaginED senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Rachel Hayon Sabbah, a nurse and mother of four daughters, including two who receive the Florida Family Empowerment Scholarship for students with Unique Abilities. Her eldest daughter, Elisheva, 8, has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and younger daughter Ahavah, 4, has experienced speech delays. Hayon Sabbah,... Read more » The post podcastED: Florida scholarship mom delighted with end to waitlist for children with unique abilities appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
26 Apr 2023
podcastED: Founder of Arizona charter school for children with autism seeks to take model national
On this episode, senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Diana Diaz-Harrison, a former teacher, television journalist and founder at Arizona Autism Charter School in Phoenix, the Southwest region’s only tuition-free school specializing in best practices for students who are on the autism spectrum. Diaz-Harrison started the school in 2014 after her son, Sammy, who was... Read more » The post podcastED: Founder of Arizona charter school for children with autism seeks to take model national appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
17 Apr 2023
podcastED: Step Up For Students top leaders discuss how Florida’s HB 1 will transform education choice in the Sunshine State through flexibility
On this episode, reimaginED senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Doug Tuthill and Amy Graham of Step Up For Students, the nation’s largest K-12 education choice scholarship funding organization. Tuthill is president of Step Up, and Graham is vice president of policy, innovation and empowerment for the Florida-based organization. Step Up For Students administers... Read more » The post podcastED: Step Up For Students top leaders discuss how Florida’s HB 1 will transform education choice in the Sunshine State through flexibility appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
12 Apr 2023
podcastED: South Florida mom welcomes education savings account flexibility for two sons
On this episode, reimaginED senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Aimée Uriarte, a single parent whose two sons attend Christopher Columbus High School, an all-male Catholic school in Miami. Older son Sebastian, 17, receives a Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options, while his brother, Alejandro, 15, attends on a Family Empowerment Scholarship for students with... Read more » The post podcastED: South Florida mom welcomes education savings account flexibility for two sons appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
22 Mar 2023
podcastED: W.Va. mom takes bold stand to help save education choice for families in Mountain State
On this episode, reimaginED senior writer Lisa Buie talks with Katie Switzer, a soon-to-be-mother of five who played a key role in helping overturn a court ruling that shut down West Virginia’s new Hope Scholarship program about a month before schools were set to re-open for the 2022-23 academic year. Switzer, founder of a part-time... Read more » The post podcastED: W.Va. mom takes bold stand to help save education choice for families in Mountain State appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
20 Mar 2023
podcastED: Step Up For Students President Doug Tuthill talks with New Hampshire education choice pioneer Kate Baker Demers
On this episode, Tuthill interviews Demers, who started the Children’s Scholarship Fund in New Hampshire, and has worked tirelessly as its executive director for the establishment of a tax credit scholarship fund in 2012 and Education Freedom Accounts, which lawmakers approved in 2021. Both are open to families whose incomes fall at or below 300%... Read more » The post podcastED: Step Up For Students President Doug Tuthill talks with New Hampshire education choice pioneer Kate Baker Demers appeared first on NextSteps: Step Up For Students.
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