Parents Are Winning the Battle for School Choice

Florida mother of five Nicole Andrews puts it bluntly when asked why she sends her children to a charter school instead of the assigned public school for their community. She “absolutely, desperately” wants her youngsters in charter school because it has “a different culture,” she told The Epoch Times. Other parents feel the same way. “There is a different level of expectation and rigor” at St. Johns Classical Academy, Ms. Andrews said. “There is a different value set. There is a different mindset as to the value of education.” There’s also a waiting list for slots at both of the school’s campuses, in Fleming Island and Orange Park, in the northeastern area of the state. The school opened in August 2017 and is free to attend....