Meet our newest team members! Bringing expertise in literacy, early childhood and learning experience design, these professionals are helping support the learners, families, partners and other communities we serve as a center. – at Gainesville, FL
Read the latest update from Lastinger Center Director Phil Poekert to learn more about our expanded early childhood offerings, @NewWorldsFL and Florida Tutoring Advantage impacts, and other news from around the Center: lastinger.link/PhilsUpdates-… – at Gainesville, FL
Please join us in welcoming our newest advisory board members! At our recent convening, our team shared about program impacts and presented Listening Tour findings while members also connected with partners from around north central Florida. – at Gainesville, FL
Our time in Gainesville was well-spent, and now we have wrapped up our Listening Tour stop on the Treasure Coast!
With only 3 stops left, please take our brief survey to help us better understand how education data and information are used today: lastinger.link/ListeningTour… – at Gainesville, FL
Join us for our free webinar this Thursday, October 22, at 12 p.m. (EST) to learn more about implementing effective targeted literacy instruction. Learn more and register at lastinger.link/LiteracyWebin…
Explore practices that increase the impact of mathematics instruction for students who need additional support in our free webinar this Wednesday, October 21, at 12 p.m. (EST).
Register at lastinger.link/MathWebinar10…
We’re halfway done with our Listening Tour! With more than 180 participating community members so far, keep track of how the tour is going by using our dashboard: lastinger.link/ListeningTour…
At @UF_COE’s RA Day, we celebrated the research administrators that facilitate projects at the Center and beyond to further advancements in teaching and learning while sharing the impact of their efforts through our initiatives like Florida Tutoring Advantage and @NewWorldsFL.
In our speaker session with Dr. Nathan Jones, we learned more about the intersections of special education and policy and how these fields can collaborate. Keep an eye out for our next session to continue exploring topics in leadership, professional learning and education.
From Tampa Bay to Southwest Florida, our discussions with school district leaders, businesses, community partners and other collaborators provided helpful insights into how education data and information are used by different stakeholders. Next, we’ll be at Florida’s capitol!
Join us this Thursday, October 1, at 4 p.m. to hear from Dr. Nathan Jones in the first Lastinger Center Speaker Series session of the school year. Hosted at @UF_COE, this session analyzes the relationship between special education and policy. RSVP here: lastinger.link/LCSpeakerSeri… – at Gainesville, FL

ALT Graphic for Lastinger Speaker Series session with guest speaker Dr. Nathan Jones, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at Boston University. The session title is "Where Special Education and Policy Research Meet: Insights from School Staffing Studies" and it is on Thursday, October 1 from 4 to 6 pm at the UF College of Education Norman Conference Center.
Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! Our postdoc associates make vital contributions to the Center’s research and innovations in mathematics, early childhood and literacy professional learning. Please join us in celebrating them and the many postdocs advancing research.
Building trust through listening is a critical part of effectively coaching early childhood educators.
Learn practical strategies to create coaching conversations that foster trust, collaboration and educator ownership in our latest on-demand webinar. lastinger.link/CoachingWebin…
Our Listening Tour continues!
Last week’s meetings helped us align our understanding of the Panhandle community.
This week, we’re in the Tampa Bay area to meet with local business leaders, higher education leaders, district leadership and other key community members.
Read the latest edition of our research newsletter to learn more about the Center’s 2026-2029 Strategic Plan, our math partnership with Kiddom and other news as well as read our latest publications: lastinger.link/ResearchRound… – at Gainesville, FL
We're launching a set of bite-sized math instructional strategies for educators based on Math Language Routines. Explore these free resources on our website to help your students develop and refine their language skills and understanding of mathematics: lastinger.link/MathRoutines-…
Our Listening Tour, carried out in partnership with @HeliosEdFnd, has already provided great insights into how stakeholders in Jacksonville use education data, and we still have nine more stops! This week, we're in the Panhandle and hope to hear from you as we continue our tour.
Attention early child care personnel: applications are open for our Emergent Literacy Micro-Credential! Eligible participants can receive free professional learning, 60 inservice hours/6.0 CEUs and a $1,000 completion stipend. Learn more and apply at lastinger.link/EmergentMicro… – at Gainesville, FL
Today's the first stop of our 2026-27 Listening Tour! We're visiting 10 regions across Florida to better understand how education data and information are used statewide and what could make them more useful. Be a part of our tour by filling out our survey: lastinger.link/ListeningTour… – at Jacksonville Beach, FL
Maximize your targeted literacy instruction with our new on-demand webinar! Learn practical strategies for planning, organizing and managing high-impact literacy groups, and gain ready-to-use tools to strengthen targeted, small-group literacy instruction. lastinger.link/TargetedLitIn… – at Gainesville, FL





































