Education

Preparing the workforce of tomorrow starts in the classroom today.

Past Success: Reading Recovery

This intensive, one-on-one literacy program helps Sarasota County first-graders who struggle the most with reading and writing quickly catch up to their classmates.

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Past Success: STEMsmart

Our nationally recognized STEM education initiative has transformed the way teachers teach and students learn science and math in our community. 

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Collaborative Past Success: CareerEdge

Currently managed by the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, CareerEdge is helping area employers meet the challenges of a fast-changing economy by training our community’s next generation of skilled workers.

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Past Success: 21st Century Learning

Building on our successful STEMsmart initiative, we are technologically transforming language arts and social studies classrooms throughout Sarasota County middle schools.  

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Past Success: Cross College Alliance

Supported by a partnership of foundations including Gulf Coast, this collaborative is leveraging our region’s diverse higher-education resources to create a “multiversity” educational hub. 

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