During the Summer of 2009, ten youth leaders from Community Youth Development were selected to participate at the Inaugural Lawton Chiles Leadership Corps. Organized by the Lawton Chiles Foundation, this two-day conference aimed to educate youth leaders on the alarming statistics related to education and to empower them to help Florida [...]
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Florida Education: The Best Stimulus Plan is a Diploma
Here are the FACTS:
Nearly 104,000 students did not graduate from Florida’s high schools in 2009;
the lost lifetime earnings in Florida for that class of dropouts alone total more
than $27 billion.
Florida would save more than $1.5 billion in health care costs over the
lifetimes of each class of dropouts had they earned their diplomas.
If Florida’s high schools [...]
Categorized in Florida Children, Florida Education Cuts, Florida Education Reform, Florida Education Spending, Service Learning Florida, Worst to First
Educational March Madness: Brackets that Matter
For college basketball fans, March Madness is upon us once again. And while victory has eluded some of Florida’s teams, disqualifying them for NCAA tournament advancement, we can’t let another opportunity for victory pass Florida by; a victory steeped in the power [...]
Categorized in Florida Children, Florida Education Cuts, Florida Education Reform, Florida Teachers, Worst to First
Bud Chiles appears on Facing Florida
“There’s a lot of what my father used to call heifer dust that’s spread around,” Bud said in reference to the questionable ranking.
(In case you wondered, heifer dust is a family-friendly term for something you find in cow pastures.)
Among our issues, Education Week doesn’t account for last year’s budget cuts and a decade-long trend of [...]
One of the greatest threats to Florida’s children
Healthy Child Healthy World exists because more than 125 million Americans, especially children, now face an historically unprecedented rise in chronic disease and illness such as cancer, autism, asthma, birth defects, ADD / ADHD, and learning and developmental disabilities. Credible scientific evidence increasingly points to environmental hazards and household chemicals as causing and contributing to [...]
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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
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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International Visitor Program Intern/Volunteer
The International Visitor Program intern/volunteer will work to support the International Visitor Program team by performing a variety of duties. The IVP team is responsible for the programming for approximately 400 international visitors each year participating in short-term professional study programs. The intern will have the opportunity to become familiar with an aspect of American [...]
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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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