WSRE’s Imagination Station gives parents the power to build readers
- March 1, 2015
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Lydia Weeks’ favorite place to hang out is with Super Why. Her mom, Monique Weeks, brings Lydia, 2, to Super Why’s place — also known as WSRE’s Imagination Station.
ECARE gives parents teaching tools and time
- March 1, 2015
- / Mollye Barrows
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Leah Flood wants a good education for her three children and knows reading to them is important. The problem is finding the time.
The more children hear, the more they learn
- March 1, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
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Thirty million words. That’s the difference between poor children and their better-off classmates. It boils down to that number in programs from the South Side of Chicago to the Pensacola Metro.
The foundation for learning begins long before elementary school
- March 1, 2015
- / Shannon Nickinson
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Preschoolers last year participated in the Florida Center for Reading
Research at Florida State University. It showed how children learn to recognize letters, read words and comprehend what they see on a page.
Education, skill-set are key to closing the gap in wealth
- February 22, 2015
- / Rick Harper
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By now it’s old news: “It’s never been more important to get a good education than it is today.” But it bears repeating, because all of the indicators point in the same direction.
School literally changed TaDarius Hall’s life
- February 22, 2015
- / Mollye Barrows
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People like being around TaDarius Hall. His peers at Pensacola High School elected him to the Homecoming Court twice and voted him freshman class president.
West Florida Tech: is this the make and model for success in high school?
- February 22, 2015
- / William Rabb
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When education is a priority, every child can learn
- February 22, 2015
- / Reggie Dogan
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Robert Grimm arrived at North Charleston High School in 2011 with a crystal clear picture of the looming challenges facing a new principal.
Skills, not just degree levels, affect graduate wages
- February 15, 2015
- / Rick Harper
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In 2012, State Sen. Don Gaetz passed legislation requiring Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity to report annually on the wages earned by recent graduates of the many programs offered by our public colleges, universities and technical schools.
Parents find a way to help their children learn
- February 15, 2015
- / Reggle Dongan
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When the state Department of Education released FCAT grades in 1999, the good news was that only two elementary schools received failing scores. The bad news: Both of them — Spencer Bibbs and A.A. Dixon — were in Escambia County.