By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 24, 2019
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Aspirations Journalism, Family Engagement, School Readiness.
Nagged by the question of how achievers were made, Journalist Tatsha Robertson and Researcher Ronald F. Ferguson interviewed about 200 parents of academically and financially successful adults and found they all had similar approaches to parenting, regardless of background. “I…
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 24, 2019
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Aspirations Journalism, Español, Family Engagement, School Readiness.
Ante la pregunta de cómo se hicieron los triunfadores, la periodista Tatsha Robertson y el investigador Ronald F. Ferguson entrevistaron alrededor de 200 padres de adultos exitosos a nivel académico y financiero y descubrieron que todos tenían mecanismos similares de…
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By Beth Duda, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on February 21, 2019
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Community, Summer Learning, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
As the clock approached 4:00pm the room started to fill. Seventy-four individuals entered. School district administrators, representatives from Boys & Girls Clubs, Community Centers, Public Housing complexes, Parks & Recreation programs, Public Libraries, Summer educators, business men and women, and…
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By Ryan Mckinnon, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 18, 2019
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Aspirations Journalism, School Readiness.
A group of 4-year-olds at Gocio Elementary listened intently as their teacher prepared to distribute scissors. “When I give you these scissors, do we grab our friend’s hair and cut it?” Jackie Ngo, a paraprofessional at Gocio, asked the group.
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 13, 2019
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Aspirations Journalism, Community, School Readiness.
It’s tough to scale a fence designed to keep one group in, and another out. Likewise, scaling an educational system designed around racial segregation has left many children of color still climbing. Even though numbers are improving, more than half…
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By Ryan Mckinnon, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 11, 2019
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Aspirations Journalism, School Readiness, Summer Learning.
Test results show that children who attended the summer learning program improved on their reading scores. Sarasota County’s Summer Learning Academies are paying off. According to test results released recently by the Sarasota County School District, the 541 students who…
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By Ryan Mckinnon, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 1, 2019
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Aspirations Journalism, Family Engagement.
Joy Thomas Moore, the author of ‘The Power of Presence,’ wants readers to engage with their children. Joy Thomas Moore says she isn’t a parenting guru. As a single mother who raised three children, including a son who wrote a…
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By Brian Ries, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 1, 2019
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Aspirations Journalism, Aspirations Journalism — Podcasts, Community, Family Engagement, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Here in Sarasota, Florida, we’re lucky to have some powerful philanthropy at work on early-childhood outcomes. The Patterson Foundation, which supports this podcast and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s reporting on grade-level reading issues, is one of the primary supporters of the…
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By Elizabeth Sierra, Mind in the Making Facilitator
on January 29, 2019
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Mind in the Making, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Sierra is a Mind in the Making facilitator who recently led six bilingual individuals through the complete training. These new facilitators are now ready to conduct Mind in the making workshops in Spanish throughout the Suncoast region.
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