This week Bud Chiles continued his statewide journey in Gadsden County as part of Worst To First’s “Journey of One Million Steps.” Yesterday he met some great people and received tremendous support. Thank you all!
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Worst To First: Journey of One Million Steps – Gadsden County, Fl
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Winner of the Blog-It-All and Comment Contests
We would like to give a big shout out to Graham Rabinowitsch winner of the Blog-It-All Challenge! Graham posted 15 blogs in the month of September. Awesome job Graham!
We would also like to recognize Nate Goswick winner of the most comments for the blog entry about Plasco High Schools pledge drive. Plasco High is our [...]
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Florida ranks 49th - Number of uninsured children
Florida ranks 49th. About 19 percent, or 763,000 of our children, do not have health insurance, versus a national average of 11 percent. Source: The Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center
Worst To First Updates- Legislators Vote- Yeah on Guns. Nay on Kids.
- More from Miami
- Purrr-fect Miami Day
- Bud Asks a Question- Is Local Control the Solution?
- Bud Tells a Story
- Visit to Chiles Academy Makes News
- Florida's 4-year-olds could get shortchanged by budget cuts
- Our goal: World leader in education by 2020
- Improve education by investing in innovation, says Microsoft founder
- Editorial: Education Week is grading Florida on the curve
Florida ranks 48th - Juvenile violent crime
Florida ranks 48th in the nation in juvenile incarceration rates, with a custody rate of 451.8 per 100,000 children ages 10 and up. Source: Every Child Matters Education Fund, “Geography Matters: Child Well Being in the States,” 2008
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Gator Gymnastics Book Drive Update!
Gator fans really showed what it means to LIVE UNITED by donating over 1,000 books to our Gator Gymnastics book drive event. 532 of these books will be used for United Way Success By 6 programs.
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Florida ranks 42nd - Spending on corrections vs. education
Florida ranks 50th in per capita spending on education, but ranks 16th in the nation in spending on corrections. Source: NEA Rankings of the States 2008
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- RT @worsttofirst Legislators Vote- Yeah on Guns. Nay on Kids. http://ow.ly/16LQtr
- Florida College Students Push For Education Reform http://ow.ly/1gORH
- Attending Now>Raising Their Voices: Engaging Students, Teachers, and Parents to Help End the High School Dropout Epidemic http://ow.ly/1gJns
- In ages 0-5, kids learn via ART & visible learning yet many #Florida EDU systems cutting Arts #Education #Fail Plz Support @worsttofirst
- Firing teachers: First step to reform or useless effort? -USATODAY http://su.pr/58DKMR Plz RT
- Check it out @budchiles @worsttofirst on FacingFlorida with @MikeVasilinda, http://su.pr/27w3mS -Fla quality counts debate Plz RT
- RT @unitedwaynefl: United Way of NE Florida's Full Service Schools has helped more than 16,000 students & families http://bit.ly/cq5KUF