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In Wimauma, migrant farmworkers receive free daycare on county-owned land
WIMAUMA — Macrina Vega has vague memories of the Redlands Christian Migrant Association center. “It was in Homestead,” she said. “I remember orange steps,” but not much more. Vega, 54, now knows what the nonprofit daycare and preschool provided her migrant fieldworker parents. “They didn’t have...
8 years into plan, Pinellas schools still seek solutions to achievement gap
Eight years after adopting the latest version of a plan aimed at improving academic outcomes for Black students, the Pinellas County school district hasn’t met many of its goals and is looking for new approaches. Bridging the Gap, established as part of a decades-long legal battle over whether the...
Achievement gap between Black, white students still plagues Florida schools
The big story: Efforts to eliminate the achievement gap among students of different races have been a priority for Florida schools for several years. In the case of Pinellas County, the topic has been the source of legal wrangling over decades, yielding court-ordered initiatives to overcome the obstacles. For the past eight years, the district has operated under a Bridging the Gap plan that set forth specific areas, such as graduation rates and proficiency in core academic subjects, where Black students have been at a historic disadvantage.
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