Bud Chiles appears on Political Connections on Bay News 9 with host Al Ruechel and St. Petersburg Times columnist Adam Smith. Bud Chiles and the Worst To First team are bringing “One Million Steps for Florida’s Kids” to Central Florida in December and January, crossing from Volusia to Pasco County.
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Bud Chiles apprears on Political Connection on Bay News 9
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Walking for the future of Florida’s kids
The Worst To First team brought “One Million Steps for Florida’s Kids” to Central Florida in December, finding inspiration in the people working to make Florida a better place for our children. In Pasco County, students from the Lawton Chiles Leadership Corps organized the entire school to sign the Pledge for Florida’s Children and join [...]
Categorized in Florida Education Cuts, Florida Education Spending, One Million Steps, Worst to First
Are we investing in futures or failures?
The news that a group of concerned parents is suing the state of Florida for its failure to provide a high quality education system has met one important goal already — people are talking about what’s wrong in Florida, and how we can fix it. Here’s a sampling of what a few of Florida’s opinion [...]
Change the First 5 Years and You Change Everything
Watch a powerful video on how the first five years of a child’s life are the most important in shaping their future.
“Investments in child care and early learning result in improved services for children, families, early childhood teachers, other persons working in the field, not to mention the citizens of Florida. Nationally, approximately 69 percent [...]
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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.
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- 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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- 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
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- RT @unitedwaynefl: United Way of NE Florida's Full Service Schools has helped more than 16,000 students & families http://bit.ly/cq5KUF