Category: 20 years of Educational Opportunity
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20 years of Educational Opportunity, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, graduate, Step Up For Students, Student Spotlights
Former Step Up For Students scholar chasing major league dream
On a sun-dappled Sunday afternoon in mid-April, Jay Allen gave his mother a gift she will treasure forever. With Deanna Singletary among the family members sitting in the front row behind the third base dugout at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, Jay hit his first home run of the season for the Daytona Tortugas, […]
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Education choice brought liberty, opportunity for immigrant
For Leidiana Candelario, moving from the Dominican Republic to Miami at age 8 was a major lifestyle transition. It didn’t go very well at first -- until an education choice scholarship from Step Up For Students changed everything. Leidiana was miserable in her assigned elementary school, describing herself as an “outcast.” Her unfamiliarity with English […]
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20 years of Educational Opportunity, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, Step Up For Students, Student Spotlights
Cancer doesn't interrupt path to med school for alumni of Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program
It was the beginning of the 2019-20 school year and Luke Desclefs was smoothly sailing toward graduating Jacksonville’s Bishop Snyder High School that spring. His course load wasn’t heavy. His grades were in order. His plans for college were in place. Then in October, he noticed a lump on his neck. Cancer. Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a […]
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20 years of Educational Opportunity, Beyond the Scholarship, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, Step Up For Students, Student Spotlights
Step Up For Students ranked 13th in Forbes list of 100 top American charities
Step Up For Students continues to rise among the top nonprofits in the country, breaking into the top-15 of Forbes’ list of America’s Top 100 Charities 2021. Step Up is ranked 13th, the highest ranking for among education charities. “Step Up For Students is proudly celebrating its 20th anniversary of providing scholarships to underprivileged children, […]
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20 years of Educational Opportunity, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, School Choice, Step Up For Students, Student Spotlights
20 years of Educational Opportunity: Once a beneficiary of education choice, Ashley is now an advocate
The first time Ashley Elliott realized her story could make a difference was when she found herself in Washington, D.C., moving from the office of Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Orlando) to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) to talk about the importance of education choice. It works, Ashley said. You’re looking at proof. It was a Florida Tax […]
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