Who We Are
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Housed in the College of Education, the Lastinger Center harnesses the intellectual resources of the
University of Florida to work with schools and school systems to improve the quality of teaching, learning and leadership. The Lastinger Center partners with educational, philanthropic and social sector organizations to promote high quality teaching, increase school performance and mobilize communities in support
of children’s learning and healthy development,
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Lastinger News
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The Lastinger Center is honored to host an upcoming symposium and lecture by journalist and writer Peg Tyre October 28th and 31st. A prize-winning investigative reporter, Peg Tyre is the author of the recently published
The Trouble with Boys: A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Schools and What Parents and Educators Must Do (Crown, 2008). Both events should provide an insightful and compassionate discourse about a hidden crisis that has many parents deeply concerned about the mismatch between their sons and schools.
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The Lastinger Center has helped launch
Ready Schools Miami. This initiative works to accelerate, focus and connect existing school improvement and early learning programs with parent, community, social sector, philanthropic, governmental and educational institutions to ensure early childhood success in school.
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