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Florida looks to improve pre-K quality with new preschool ratings
For decades, Florida faced criticism for judging the quality of its pre-K program on a “readiness” test given to young students after they started kindergarten. It was a system, critics argued, that penalized preschools serving the kids who struggle the most — often those from low-income families. Now, the state is debuting a new rating system that gives more credit for the progress these ...
Artwork saluting Ukraine’s resilience lands at Dr. Phillips Center: ‘This project has a soul’
Bullets and ballerinas make an eye-catching image. That’s the point of the Unbroken Project, an artistic reminder of the war in Ukraine’s toll that has come to the heart of Orlando. A large-scale image from the Unbroken Project was installed Friday afternoon on the Seneff Arts Plaza at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando. Visibility is part of artist Felipe ...
Orange Commissioner Uribe’s husband’s nonprofit confronts another regulatory issue
A state agency is probing whether All Star Dads, the nonprofit run by the husband of Orange County Commissioner Mayra Uribe, has properly registered as a charitable fundraising organization, an agency official confirmed Friday. The news confronts Kevin Sutton, Uribe’s husband and executive director for the nonprofit, with a second regulatory problem to fix: As the Orlando Sentinel reported ...
Behind Enemy Lines: A closer look at the UCF Knights
The Gators (2-2) return to competition tonight to take on UCF at 7:45 p.m. ET at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network. Ahead of the contest, Swamp247 spoke with Knights247 reporter Stephen Leonard to gain his perspective on the Knights. What went wrong for...
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