“Great Morning!” was the resounding welcome for attendees at our Greater Tampa Bay Area Literacy Convening on April 27, 2022, and what started as a ‘great morning’ evolved into a truly incredible day. As a result of the Lastinger Center for Learnings’s ongoing work...
FloridaPolitics.com Sprowls said 135,000 Florida students have received books through the program. House Speaker Chris Sprowls announced Wednesday that his statewide book delivery program is now fully funded thanks to $50 million in commitments from corporate...
A $200 million effort approved in 2021 by the Florida Legislature already has shipped nearly 336,000 free books to elementary school students in the state, making good on a promise to deliver a new book every month to children who need to boost reading skills. The...
For 20 years, the Lastinger Center at the University of Florida has been leading educational innovations to improve teaching and learning for those who need it most. By blending cutting-edge academic research and practice, their Math Nation program is providing an...
The Lastinger Center for Learning at the University of Florida announced the selection of Scholastic as its strategic partner in New Worlds Reading—a program to ship free books, in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole, to over half a million K-5 students who are not...
Florida’s third grade reading scores were released a few weeks ago. Statewide, 54% of third graders are reading on grade level compared with 58% in 2019. While the pandemic stagnated student learning, these scores reveal that we need to approach reading instruction in...
