Village Oaks Elementary School (Immokalee, Fla.) Principal Dorcas Howard celebrates 50 years of commitment to academic excellence and racial equity. To read the Naples News article about her, please click here.

WUFT-FM, North Florida’s NPR station, recently profiled the late Master Teacher Gloria Jean Merriex.  In “Learning math through hip hop will live on at Duvall Elementary and beyond,” reporter Dan Katz speaks with UF Lastinger Center officials who’ve worked with Merriex and family members, among others. To listen to the story, please click here.

The University of Florida’s PBS station, WUFT-TV, ran a story about the Master Teacher program. To view it, please click here.

In a recent “Class Notes” piece, Naples News columnist Joe Landon praised the UF Lastinger Center’s work in Collier County.  To read it, please click here.

The Independent Florida Alligator features a story about the Florida Master Teacher Initiative’s expansion in Miami-Dade County. To view the article, please click here.

Don Pemberton discusses the UF Lastinger Center’s efforts to upgrade public
education in a WUFT-FM Q&A.  To listen, please visit:http://www.wuftfm.org/news/index.php?id=334

The Naples News ran a story about the UF Lastinger Center’s study of child wellbeing in Collier County. Don Pemberton, Jeff Dow, and Todd Foege wrote the study.  To read the story, “Collier population of kids booming, their lives improving,” please click here. To view a condensed version of the study, please scroll down to ‘Documents’ on the Naples News article.

The St. Petersburg Times features the 2011 Distinguished Program in Teacher Education Award recently won by the graduate component of the UF Lastinger Center’s Florida Master Teacher program. To read the story, please click here.

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