By Cassandra Decker
on April 17, 2019
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Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Editor’s Note: This article was written by Cassandra Decker and was originally published by the Manatee Community Foundation. Conversation buzzed throughout the room, like electricity linking one person to another, as attendees…
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By Hedy N. Chang, executive director of Attendance Works
on April 15, 2019
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Attendance, Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Editor’s Note: Hedy N. Chang is the executive director of Attendance Works, a national non-profit initiative dedicated to improving educational equity and student achievement by reducing chronic absence. The website offers strategies, tools, research, and blogs about reducing chronic absence.
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By Karen Arango, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on April 10, 2019
in
Community, Family Engagement, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Recently, I had the opportunity to spend part of the day sharing information about the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (SCGLR) with ESOL & immigrant families at the Sarasota County Schools Multi-Cultural Family Event (ESOL = English as a second…
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on April 8, 2019
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Aspirations Journalism.
Elementary teachers know a lot about their students, but if they need help beyond spelling and subtraction, teachers don’t always have resources to lean on. Following repeated incidents of gun violence across the country, some districts have spent millions ramping…
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By Ryan Mckinnon, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on April 5, 2019
in
Aspirations Journalism.
Rep. Erin Grall, R-Vero Beach, is pushing for lawmakers to establish a funding formula for the state’s distribution of more than $700 million in School Readiness funding. Correction: Certain counties are allocated to receive less in School Readiness funding in…
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By Beth Duda, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on April 4, 2019
in
Community, Family Engagement, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
After reading Joy Thomas Moore’s THE POWER OF PRESENCE, the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading felt that this “love letter” to single mothers would have significant resonance with a wide range of people on Florida’s Suncoast.
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By Herald-Tribune Media Group
on April 3, 2019
in
Aspirations Journalism.
The Patterson Foundation and the Herald-Tribune Media Group have partnered to launch Aspirations Journalism, a collaboration between philanthropy and journalism to inform, educate and encourage communities to be a part of the…
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By LeeAnne Moody, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on April 3, 2019
in
Mind in the Making.
Team Sizzle met from 6:00p–8:00p every week for eight weeks. With three parents and a full preschool staff on board, we embarked on a journey of adjustment and readjustment every week. As each gathering brought with it not only a…
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