By Beth Duda, director of the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on May 30, 2020
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Summer Learning, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Research spanning 100 years has proven that students experience up to 2.5 months of academic learning loss when they are out of school for the summer and do not engage in educational activities. This loss can set them back…
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By Philip Tavill, president and CEO of Children First
on April 27, 2020
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Aspirations Journalism.
Editor’s Note: Philip Tavill is the President/CEO of Children First, a four-time designated National Head Start Association Program of Excellence (2006–2020). Children First, the Head Start grantee for Sarasota County, believes it is vitally important…
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By Elizabeth Sierra, Mind in the Making facilitator
on April 9, 2020
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Mind in the Making.
Editor’s Note: This workshop/photo was taken pre-COVID-19/ social distancing. Currently, SCGLR is looking into safe alternatives and creative ways to continue the workshops during this unique time. Recently, I presented a Mind in the Making…
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By Juan Carlos Cintrón, Mind in the Making facilitator
on March 19, 2020
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Español, Mind in the Making.
I was able to present the Mind in the Making (MITM) workshop of the 7 Essential Life Skills with Elizabeth Sierra to parents at Alta Vista Elementary School in partnership with…
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By Sharlene Brown, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on March 2, 2020
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Mind in the Making, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Parenting is a journey, not a destination. And preparing children to grow up to be productive well-adjusted individuals with the requisite skills to manage life’s challenges and opportunities can feel overwhelming. The women of Team Faithful are passionate about their…
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By Jenifer Johnson, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on February 26, 2020
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Mind in the Making, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
WOOP is an easy to learn goal-setting tool based on 20 years of scientific research in helping people change their habits to achieve their goals. What sets WOOP apart from other goal-setting tools is that the process features mental…
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By Shalia Moore-Hayes, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on February 26, 2020
in
Mind in the Making.
SOLVE Maternity Homes is a group of residential maternity homes for at-risk pregnant women and their babies. SOLVE’s devoted staff and volunteers provide housing and a structured program free of charge to women and their babies…
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 25, 2020
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Aspirations Journalism.
In the 19th century, black intellectuals in the northeast gathered regularly in literacy groups to research, debate, and write about everything from mathematical theories, history and language, to women’s fashion in China. “It’s a part of black history that’s been…
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 11, 2020
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Aspirations Journalism.
Adjacent neighborhoods can have wide disparities in lifelong outcomes. Along much of Florida’s Gulf Coast, inequities are more common between neighborhoods in the same city than they are across the country. And they can affect everything from life expectancy to…
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