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By JEFF BARLIS Robert Crockett III is engaged in hand-to-hand combat with his uncooperative red-and-white striped necktie as a photographer[...]
By JEFF BARLIS The lean, angular kid arrived at his new school three years ago, whip-smart and rage-filled. TJ[...]
By GEOFF FOX Ethan Alexander was decompressing in a multi-purpose room at Jacksonville School for Autism. The lights were out[...]
By JEFF BARLIS Kelly Perkins was in a full-blown panic when she woke up at 5:15 a.m. and her son[...]
By JEFF BARLIS The note was written on a torn piece of paper slipped through a slot in Hannah Waibel’s[...]
By GEOFF FOX Abby Alexander is a 9-year-old entrepreneur who has developed – and hit the local market with –[...]
By LISA A. DAVIS If Ashley Elliott’s story continued to unwind the way it began, it was sure to be[...]
By JEFF BARLIS At Seven Rivers Christian School in Lecanto, there’s a list of core values for students. Among them:[...]
By JEFF BARLIS Demetria Hutley-Johnson can laugh about it now, but not long ago her daughter, De’Asia Waters, was having[...]
Editor's note: This story was originally posted on redefinED on July 18, 2016. It's an interesting look at how bullying[...]
By JEFF BARLIS Middle school is tough for a lot of kids. For Valentin Mendez, it was hell. At night,[...]
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on the redefinED blog on Aug. 7, 2017. The blog is hosted by Step[...]
Editor’s note: November is National Adoption Month, which allows us to spotlight that the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, the nation’s[...]
By DAVID TUTHILL Jacob Monastra came home from school in tears every day. He struggled in class and was often[...]
By JEFF BARLIS Lost.That’s where Pamela Howard feared her son, Malik Ferrell, would end up after years of struggles at different[...]
By JEFF BARLIS Anthony Walker Jr. sat in his home, ear to cell phone, new coach on the line. Then[...]
By JEFF BARLIS When she walked across the stage as a freshly minted graduate of Tampa Catholic High School in[...]
By JEFF BARLIS Eleven-year-old Henezy Berrios’ sparkling brown eyes crinkle in the corners when she smiles, which is just about all[...]
By JEFF BARLIS Deion Washington didn’t plan to speak to lawmakers. But as he sat with classmates in a committee meeting[...]
By JEFF BARLIS Eliya McDonald was in ninth grade when everything fell apart.First her mom was diagnosed with frontal lobe epilepsy,[...]
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