Oct 20, 2025
The University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning proudly announces the appointment of Chaohua Ou, Ed.D., as Director of Data & Learning Technologies and Research Scientist. Joining the Center from Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Ou brings more than 15...
Jun 13, 2025
The University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning proudly announces the appointment of Kristi Cheyney-Collante, Ph.D., as the new Director of Early Learning & Literacy and Research Scientist. Dr. Cheyney-Collante brings a wealth of experience in early...
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...
Jan 30, 2024
The program created in 2021 has already helped hundreds of thousands of Florida students who were struggling with reading. As a classroom teacher nearly 20 years ago, it was unfathomable to think that children across Florida could get free books and activities...
Jan 9, 2024
Researchers and professionals from around the globe gathered for the 45th annual International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities (IARLD) conference in Gainesville, FL from October 25 through 27, 2023, to discuss research and practice that supports students...
