Published September 26th, 2022
This rural Florida homeschool co-op found out: If you build it, they will come
(reimaginED) – Sandra Shoffner dreamed of starting a homeschool co-op, but she never imagined the reception it would get when it finally happened. Dozens of…
Published September 19th, 2022
This family needs education choice for all its children, not just some
(reimaginED) – The Hay family represents two compelling education choice stories at once: Education choice works in rural areas, and It’d work even better if…
Published July 26th, 2022
School choice in rural Florida is growing
(reimaginED) – Liberty County is half covered by a national forest. It’s wall-to-wall pine trees. Its only incorporated city has 996 people, and they’re outnumbered…
Published May 3rd, 2022
Micro-school pioneer: If I can do it, so can you
(reimaginED) – Before all the buzz about learning pods and micro-schools, some folks were already creating learning pods and micro-schools. Jaime Manfra went down this…
Published April 21st, 2022
Yes, school choice works in rural areas
(reimaginED) – For school choice opponents across America who say school choice can’t work in rural areas, say hi to Hope Rural School! Hope Rural…
Published March 22nd, 2022
Making Christian classical education accessible to all
Kevin Clark is a fellow at The Society for Classical Learning. He’s co-author of an influential book about Christian classical education. For 15 years, he taught at a highly regarded classical school in Central Florida, including classes in logic, rhetoric, philosophy and Christian theology. So it’s no surprise that a decade ago, Clark had mixed feelings about the trend lines for classical education. He was gratified to see more families embracing this approach to teaching and learning that anchored Western civilization for centuries.
Published March 3rd, 2022
There was no school, so this teacher created one
LaBELLE, Fla. — Nearly a century before micro-schools became a thing, a woman named Selma Daniels created one for Black students not far from the…
Published March 1st, 2022
Florida leads America’s Catholic school rebound
(reimaginED) — One state stands out behind this year’s encouraging Catholic school rebound, and it’s the same one that’s been defying Catholic school trend lines…
Published February 17th, 2022
The little micro-school that could
LEESBURG, Fla. – When the time came to begin sketching out plans for her own little school, Nikki Duslak sat in her breakfast nook at…
Published February 8th, 2022
A lot of public school employees like private school choice
(reimaginED) – Many public school districts oppose private school choice, but in Florida, one of the most choice-rich states in America, many of their employees…
Published November 10th, 2021
This farm sprouted a homeschool co-op – and a peek into the future
(reimaginED) – The Kirby Family Farm isn’t a farm in the usual sense, even if it does produce a few acres of hay and peanuts now and then.…