by abhiramgorle | Nov 18, 2010 | Press Releases
Posted Nov. 19, 2010 Duncan Wambugu and his UF African Choir (pictured above) set the mood for the College of Education's 5th annual Comparative and International Education Week event Nov. 15, opening the half-day function with native music and dance...
by abhiramgorle | Nov 17, 2010 | COE in the News
UF Lastinger Center “professors-in-residence” Phil Poekert were quoted Nov. 17 in an Independent Florida Alligator story about the center’s Florida Master Teacher Initiative, which offers tuition-free, on-the-job graduate degree programs for teachers...
by abhiramgorle | Nov 15, 2010 | COE in the News
In his “Class Notes” article, Naples News columnist Joe Landon praised the UF Lastinger Center’s school-improvement efforts in Collier County. The center has had a close relationship with the school district dating back to 2004. The program gives...
by abhiramgorle | Nov 12, 2010 | COE in the News
UF’s public radio station interviewed Lastinger Center Director Don Pemberton on the center’s revolutionary efforts to upgrade education in Florida’s public schools. To hear audio report, please click here.
by abhiramgorle | Nov 10, 2010 | Press Releases, Spotlights
Posted Nov. 12. 2010 In 2000, only two seniors from Miami Carol City High School were accepted into the University of Florida. A decade later in 2010, UF enrolled 22 seniors from the inner-city school. Stephen Backs, a world history teacher at the school, attributes...
