Apr 14, 2025
Led by a map marked with reading quests through Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, over 1,800 children and adults embarked on a free, pirate-themed literacy adventure at New Worlds Reading’s 2025 Book Bash. On Saturday, April 5, Tampa families engaged with interactive...
Mar 14, 2025
March 2025 marks a 10 year milestone of the UF Lastinger Center for Learning delivering professional learning programs that enhance early childhood education. In 2015, the Lastinger Center partnered with the Division of Early Learning, Early Learning Coalitions,...
Mar 12, 2025
Florida was awarded one of seven States Leading Recovery grants from the national nonprofit Accelerate. In advance of the 2025-26 school year, Florida and the University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning received a $500,000 grant to support ongoing efforts to...
Feb 20, 2025
Juno Beach, FL – On January 31, in honor of Celebrate Literacy Week, The UF Lastinger Center for Learning is honoring Florida Power and Light (FPL) at their Juno Beach headquarters as the inaugural New Worlds Reading Literacy Champion for FPL’s support of literacy and...
Feb 4, 2025
Riverview, FL – Peoples Gas and Tampa Electric (TECO) and the UF Lastinger Center for Learning’s New Worlds Reading Initiative hosted a Family Literacy Event on Thursday, Jan. 30, at Warren Hope Dawson Elementary School in observance of Celebrate Literacy Week....
