Phil Poekert, director of the Lastinger Center for Learning, was awarded the UF Foundation Term Professorship Award for 2021-2022.
Poekert awarded UF Foundation Term Professorship Award
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$200 Million for Florida Literacy Initiative
House Bill 3 establishes the New Worlds Reading Initiative, a statewide book delivery and family-engagement program, to be administered by the UF Lastinger Center for Learning.
Microsoft Support for Mathematics Innovation
To meet this exponentially increasing demand Math Nation, a Lastinger Center innovation, accelerated the development and launch of the new On-Ramp to 6th Grade for teachers and students to use in Florida, Michigan, Mississippi and South Carolina.
Novelist’s continued support helps scale up UF literacy initiatives
After a successful first phase, the next chapter of the James Patterson Literacy Challenge is ready to be written.
UF’s Bob Graham Center to honors education, historic preservation philanthropist Allen Lastinger
The University of Florida’s Bob Graham Center for Public Service recently honored Allen Lastinger who has worked to make Florida a better place to live and work. Lastinger was named the 2018 Citizen of the Year for contributing to the state in a civic capacity above the requirements of professional duty.
Algebra Nation Aims To Incorporate Personalized Learning Features
The Virtual Learning Lab, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, is relying on the collaboration of nationally acclaimed researchers to evaluate Algebra Nation and its effects on students’ overall performance in Algebra I.
St. Augustine Record: College’s Lastinger Center training teachers to improve STEM learning
Sebastian Middle School leads the way for district with plans for flagship STEM Academy The St. Augustine Record June 1, 2017 The Lastinger Center...
UF hosting leadership summit for Florida educators June 13-16
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Schooool's out . . . for . . . the summer, as the kitschy Alice Cooper rock anthem informs, but some teachers and administrators...
International Teacher Leadership Conference set for March 2-3
MIAMI —The University of Florida College of Education’s first international academic conference is expected to draw hundreds of educators to explore...
Early learning ‘action network’ taps Lastinger Center specialist for national fellowship
Valerie Mendez-Fariñas of the University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning didn’t have to think twice about joining a vibrant national...