By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on September 26, 2019
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Aspirations Journalism.
The survey findings can help uncover the grandparent experience, and lead to ways to better support and include them in the early childhood development conversation. Grandparents love being grandparents. A recent study of 1,000 U.S. grandparents…
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By Beth Duda, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on September 18, 2019
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Uncategorized.
During the 2018-19 school year, Cassidy was enrolled in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast program. Since 1904, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”)…
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By Jenifer Johnson, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on September 10, 2019
in
Mind in the Making.
Mind in the Making (MITM) is a series of workshops that promote executive function life skills. The Patterson Foundation provides funding for these workshops throughout Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota counties as a part…
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on September 9, 2019
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Aspirations Journalism.
Yes, but they must be books that reflect the diversity of all communities and affirm the identities of all children. Can buying a book combat racism? It can, when the characters look like the current population. Pediatrician Jacqueline Dongé agrees.
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By Tonya Bordner, DeSoto County Schools
on September 8, 2019
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Attendance, Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Ask Lucas D’Angelo about his recent morning routines that he and his family follow to get to school. “First I put on my water boots,” says the West Elementary School fourth-grader. “Then I walk on the wooden…” he searches for…
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By Anna Bryson, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on September 3, 2019
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Aspirations Journalism.
Girls Inc. of Sarasota County started a family strengthening program in 2016 to help girls and their parents navigate mental health issues. Three years ago, at the forefront of two-generational mental health care for children in Sarasota County, a local…
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By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on August 26, 2019
in
Aspirations Journalism.
Even without a citizenship question on the 2020 census, experts predict that the damage is already done. A host relies on RSVPs to know how much food to prepare for the party. The U.S. Census is similar — it relies…
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By LeeAnne Moody, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on August 16, 2019
in
Mind in the Making, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Photos of animals have been randomly placed on walls around the room. Participants have been asked to look at all of them and then stand by the animal that most represents them. George, a retired minister who now mentors young…
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By LeeAnne Moody, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on August 16, 2019
in
Español, Mind in the Making, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Se han colocado fotos de animales al azar en las paredes alrededor de la habitación. Se les ha pedido a los participantes que los miren todos y luego se queden al lado del animal que más los representa. George, un…
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