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Partnerships

The Lastinger Center forges strategic partnerships across Florida and around the globe to maximize our impact on professional learning and student outcomes related to kindergarten readiness, third-grade reading proficiency and ninth-grade algebra proficiency.

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Partnership Spotlight

Naples Children Foundation

In 2024, the Lastinger Center partnered with the Naples Children Foundation to accelerate math learning and achievement within Collier County’s most at-risk students through its Out-of-School Time Strategic Initiative.

Case Studies: Partnerships in Action

P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School

As an opportunity to align efforts that advance the mission of both institutions, P.K. Yonge, UF’s developmental research school, has partnered with the Lastinger Center to support two affiliate faculty members to provide in-classroom expertise and coaching and learning support.

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Accelerate States Leading Recovery Grant

The Lastinger Center has partnered with the national nonprofit Accelerate through the States Leading Recovery Grant to enhance the impact of the Florida Tutoring Advantage. Through this partnership, the Lastinger Center will also participate in Harvard’s Strategic Data Project (SDP) Data Fellowship.

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Lastinger Learning Speaker Series

Hosted by the Lastinger Center for Learning at the University of Florida College of Education, this in-person colloquium series explores the intersections of leadership, professional learning and education at an international scale by inviting different guest speakers from around the globe to lead each session.

Ken Jones

Leadership for Professional Learning

Originating in 2017, a partnership between the Lastinger Center and the international academic journal Professional Development in Education, the Leadership for Professional Learning Symposium is a bi-annual convening of international educational leaders, administrators, researchers and policymakers with a focus on bridging the gap between education practice, research, and policy across the globe.

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Partner with Us!

Contact our partnerships team to see how the UF Lastinger Center can amplify your impact and help increase student outcomes.

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