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,...
Oct 17, 2024
On July 1, the UF Lastinger Center for Learning renewed its four-year commitment to Massachusetts early learning professionals for six additional years. Alongside partners like UMass Boston and the Children’s Literacy Institute, the Early Childhood Support...
May 14, 2024
The UF Lastinger Center for Learning recently received a three-year contract with the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) to administer Flamingo Early Learning to early childhood providers across the state. Since 2015, the Center has partnered with the FDOE and...
Apr 8, 2024
Lastinger Center Senior Manager of Research and Evaluation Mary Bratsch-Hines worked with collaborators Michael Little, Kevin C. Bastian, Lora Cohen-Vogel, Peg Burchinal, and Ellen Peisner-Feinberg to examine the convergence of Pre-K attending and non-Pre-K attending...
Dec 6, 2023
The University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning proudly announces the appointment of Tyran Butler, Ph.D., as Early Learning Principal. Dr. Butler brings a wealth of experience to the role in developing academic programs in early childhood education, advancing...
Jul 21, 2023
The UF Lastinger Center for Learning’s Hillsborough Early Learning Network (HELN) is investing in its programs more than ever with the introduction of its latest initiative: Innovation Programs. An Innovation Program is an early learning program within the HELN...
