By Jenifer Johnson, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on October 3, 2018
in
Mind in the Making, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Mind in the Making workshops continue to enlighten parents, grandparents, youth pastors, and early childhood educators. When posed with a question about Making Connections, one of the seven essential life skills, the answers stayed within the realm…
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune
on September 30, 2018
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Solutions Journalism Partnership.
Research on early learning often points to poverty as one of the main predictors of a child’s academic outcomes — the lower the income, the lower the early reading scores, for instance — but there is little known about environmental…
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By Beth Duda, Director of the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on September 27, 2018
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Family Engagement, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
I recently had the opportunity to attend the National Center for Families Learning Conference in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Roughly a 1,000 professionals gathered to learn from each other and to strengthen work happening all over the country…
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By Ryan Mckinnon, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on September 26, 2018
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Community, Solutions Journalism Partnership.
Bradenton Sunrise Kiwanis Club and Dairy Queen on State Road 64 team up to provide free books to young students. MANATEE COUNTY — A 6,000-volume book bus stocked from floor to ceiling with books for every age sat outside the…
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on September 24, 2018
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Family Engagement, Solutions Journalism Partnership.
New parents often have to choose between time with their new baby and a paycheck. Those who don’t are lucky enough to live in one of the handful of states that support time for both. Despite the data pointing to…
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By Beth Duda, Director, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
on September 23, 2018
in
Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
The jury summons arrived recently in my mailbox. “You have been selected to serve on jury duty.” My first thought was, “Oh no! I don’t want to miss work.” The Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading has many…
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By Ryan Mckinnon, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on September 19, 2018
in
Solutions Journalism Partnership, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY — The Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading has officially welcomed Charlotte County into its regional effort to boost child literacy rates, according to a press release issued by the campaign Tuesday. Beth Duda, director of the Suncoast Campaign,…
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By Beth Duda, Director of the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on September 14, 2018
in
Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Editor’s Note: Hildy Gottlieb is a social scientist and asker of powerful questions. She is the co-founder and Chief Boundary Pusher at Creating the Future, a 10-year experiment to answer the question, “If people everywhere are asking…
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By Beth Duda, Director, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
on September 11, 2018
in
Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
I was thrilled to be invited and looked forward to presenting information about the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. But, I’ll admit to quite a few uncertainties as I pulled up to the hotel for the Manatee Chamber of Commerce…
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