Build Resiliency

Build Resiliency

by | May 30, 2024

Florida Department of Education recently launched a comprehensive new online resource — “Resiliency Florida”. This first-in-the-nation approach provides downloadable resources for parents, educators and youth-serving organizations, all focused on empowering students to persevere and overcome life’s inevitable challenges.

This platform is a testament to what we can achieve together — empowering communities to thrive despite challenges.

 

The Importance of School Meals

The Importance of School Meals

by | May 30, 2024

School meals help millions of children from low-income families get the nutrition they need to learn and grow. This section covers how the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program work, why they’re so important, and how they can be improved to reach more students through policy changes at both the federal and state level.

BookSmart

BookSmart

by | Oct 2, 2023

BookSmart is a free digital library of books appropriate for children 3-12 years old. It features hundreds of books in numerous languages, including English and Spanish. It can be used to enhance in- and out-of-school reading, to help parents engage in conversations around books, and to provide book access and programming for out-of-school clubs and libraries. This platform can be viewed as a website or downloaded as an app on any electronic device that uses iOS or Android software. No personal information is required to access these digital books. Simply visit booksmart.world/facct to get started, or click the link below.

The Florida Gap Map

The Florida Gap Map

by | Aug 25, 2022

To ensure children are prepared for an increasingly complex workforce, they must have a strong foundation. The Florida Chamber Foundation’s Florida Business Alliance for Early Learning Project has been working to promote the importance of quality early learning and raise awareness among business leaders. A child’s future success may also be impacted by where they live. Research shows many students living in high poverty areas have fewer resources and may perform at lower academic levels than children living in higher socioeconomic income areas. The Florida Chamber Foundation’s Florida Prosperity Project is uniting business leaders behind the effort to create equity of opportunity and end generational poverty in Florida one zip code at a time. The Florida Gap Map brings together the important work of the Florida Prosperity Project and the Florida Business Alliance for Early Learning Project. This online tool gives business and community leaders throughout Florida important information on the schools in their community.

ExcelinEd Policy

ExcelinEd Policy

by | Aug 25, 2022

From kindergarten through third grade, children are learning to read. Then in fourth grade, they transition to use reading to learn. A comprehensive state early literacy policy can ensure all students enter fourth grade with the foundational reading skills they need to learn, graduate and succeed. ExcelinEd’s  comprehensive early literacy policy empowers students with the ability to read and opens doors and opportunities each student deserves. This policy toolkit offers resources and tools to support states working to advance a comprehensive early literacy policy.