Posted December 3, 2010 UF Lastinger Center Director Don Pemberton and UF President Bernie Machen unveil a portrait of Allen and Delores Lastinger. (Photo by Jason Henry) University of Florida President Bernie Machen praised the contributions of Allen and Delores Lastinger during a recent unveiling of their portrait at the UF Lastinger Center for Learning. […]
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Duncan Wambugu and his UF African Choir (pictured above) set the mood for the College of Education's 5th annual Comparative and International Education Week event Nov. 15, opening the half-day function with native music and dance from the people of the world's second largest continent.
UF Lastinger Center “professors-in-residence” Phil Poekert were quoted Nov. 17 in an Independent Florida Alligator story about the center’s Florida Master Teacher Initiative, which offers tuition-free, on-the-job graduate degree programs for teachers in high-need schools in five Florida counties.
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In his “Class Notes” article, Naples News columnist Joe Landon praised the UF Lastinger Center’s school-improvement efforts in Collier County. The center has had a close relationship with the school district dating back to 2004. The program gives teachers in participating high-need schools the chance to pursue master’s or specialist degrees with the help of […]
UF’s public radio station interviewed Lastinger Center Director Don Pemberton on the center’s revolutionary efforts to upgrade education in Florida’s public schools. To hear audio report, please click here.
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In 2000, only two seniors from Miami Carol City High School were accepted into the University of Florida. A decade later in 2010, UF enrolled 22 seniors from the inner-city school.
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Diane Archer-Banks, interim director of the UF Alliance, was quoted in a Nov. 9 story about the program’s 10th anniversary celebration. The UF Alliance helps six struggling Florida high schools improve their educational standards and college acceptance rates.
More than 150 College of Education supporters from around the state converged upon Gainesville’s UF Hilton Conference Center recently for Profile 2010…
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Tom Dana, associate dean for academic affairs, was quoted in a Nov. 4, 2010 story about UF joining the Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative, a national initiative committed to preparing a higher number of quality high school math and science teachers. Dana is UF’s liaison to the SMTI. The imperative is a program of the […]
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The UF Lastinger Center’s groundbreaking Florida Master Teacher Initiative was the featured cover story in the Fall 2010 edition of the magazine, Explore: Research at the University of Florida, published by the UF Office of Research. The article describes the initiative as “one of the most promising programs in American education and an emerging national […]
UF President praises Lastinger Center founders at portrait unveiling
Posted December 3, 2010 UF Lastinger Center Director Don Pemberton and UF President Bernie Machen unveil a portrait of Allen and Delores Lastinger. (Photo by Jason Henry) University of Florida President Bernie Machen praised the contributions of Allen and Delores Lastinger during a recent unveiling of their portrait at the UF Lastinger Center for Learning. […]
UF African Choir sets mood as 90 attend International Education Week event
Posted Nov. 19, 2010
Duncan Wambugu and his UF African Choir (pictured above) set the mood for the College of Education's 5th annual Comparative and International Education Week event Nov. 15, opening the half-day function with native music and dance from the people of the world's second largest continent.
Independent Florida Alligator: Phil Poekert & Magdalena Castaneda (Lastinger Center for Learning)
UF Lastinger Center “professors-in-residence” Phil Poekert were quoted Nov. 17 in an Independent Florida Alligator story about the center’s Florida Master Teacher Initiative, which offers tuition-free, on-the-job graduate degree programs for teachers in high-need schools in five Florida counties.
Naples News: Lastinger Center’s school-improvement activites in Collier County
In his “Class Notes” article, Naples News columnist Joe Landon praised the UF Lastinger Center’s school-improvement efforts in Collier County. The center has had a close relationship with the school district dating back to 2004. The program gives teachers in participating high-need schools the chance to pursue master’s or specialist degrees with the help of […]
WUFT-FM Radio (NPR): Don Pemberton (UF Lastinger Center for Learning)
UF’s public radio station interviewed Lastinger Center Director Don Pemberton on the center’s revolutionary efforts to upgrade education in Florida’s public schools. To hear audio report, please click here.
UF Alliance marks 10 years of improving college access for minority students in Florida’s inner-city schools
In 2000, only two seniors from Miami Carol City High School were accepted into the University of Florida. A decade later in 2010, UF enrolled 22 seniors from the inner-city school.
Independent Florida Alligator: Diane Archer-Banks (UF Alliance)
Diane Archer-Banks, interim director of the UF Alliance, was quoted in a Nov. 9 story about the program’s 10th anniversary celebration. The UF Alliance helps six struggling Florida high schools improve their educational standards and college acceptance rates.
‘Profile 2010’ outreach events spawn red letter days for blue-ribbon stakeholders
More than 150 College of Education supporters from around the state converged upon Gainesville’s UF Hilton Conference Center recently for Profile 2010…
Independent Florida Alligator: Tom Dana (COE academic affairs)
Tom Dana, associate dean for academic affairs, was quoted in a Nov. 4, 2010 story about UF joining the Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative, a national initiative committed to preparing a higher number of quality high school math and science teachers. Dana is UF’s liaison to the SMTI. The imperative is a program of the […]
Explore magazine: Florida Master Teacher Initiative (Lastinger Center for Learning)
The UF Lastinger Center’s groundbreaking Florida Master Teacher Initiative was the featured cover story in the Fall 2010 edition of the magazine, Explore: Research at the University of Florida, published by the UF Office of Research. The article describes the initiative as “one of the most promising programs in American education and an emerging national […]