Education
Preparing the workforce of tomorrow starts in the classroom today.
Past Success: Reading Recovery
This intensive, one-on-one literacy program helps Sarasota County first-graders who struggle the most with reading and writing quickly catch up to their classmates.
Past Success: STEMsmart
Our nationally recognized STEM education initiative has transformed the way teachers teach and students learn science and math in our community.
Collaborative Past Success: CareerEdge
Currently managed by the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, CareerEdge is helping area employers meet the challenges of a fast-changing economy by training our community’s next generation of skilled workers.
Past Success: 21st Century Learning
Building on our successful STEMsmart initiative, we are technologically transforming language arts and social studies classrooms throughout Sarasota County middle schools.
Past Success: Cross College Alliance
Supported by a partnership of foundations including Gulf Coast, this collaborative is leveraging our region’s diverse higher-education resources to create a “multiversity” educational hub.