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Florida Reading Initiative: News Archive


Note: Some of these links are in the process of being updated.

> Representative McGriff Recieves Eagle Award
September 25, 2002
> FRI New Hire Trainings
September 25, 2002
> Levy County FRI Schools Receive $6,127
September 18, 2002
> Dixie County FRI Schools Receive $2,734
September 10, 2002
> Random House Donates $11,000 In Children's Books
August 27, 2002
> Governor Bush Visits Macclenny Elementary
August 27, 2002 - Baker County Standard
> Read On
August 22, 2002 - Palatka Daily News
> Senator Richard Mitchell Meets with NEFEC Superintendents
August 20, 2002
> Governor Bush Visits Palatka! Video | Article | Pictures
August 19, 2002
> Columbia County School Board Recognized for Support of Florida Reading Initiative
August 14, 2002
> Bradford County School Board Recognized for Support of Florida Reading Initiative
August 14, 2002
> Eight NEFEC Districts Awarded Over $1.3 Million
July 30, 2002
> Tri-County Reading Initiative Golf Scramble Raises $13,000
July 24, 2002
> Principals Share Experiences from Summer Reading Academies
July 10, 2002
> Dixie County Staff Attend Summer Reading Academy
July 3, 2002 - Dixie County Advocate
> Union County Teachers Brief NEFEC Board on Florida Reading Initiative Impact in the Classroom
June 20, 2002
> Business Partners Recognized
June 20, 2002
> Florida Reading Initiative Fund-Raising Campaign, Updated
June 20, 2002
> Reading Agenda
June 19, 2002 - Palatka Daily News
> Pictures from the Florida Reading Initiative Summer Reading Academy, Tallahassee
June 11, 2002
> Pictures from the Florida Reading Initiative Summer Reading Academy, Lake City
June 11, 2002
> Regional educators launch initiative reading program (DEAD LINK)
June 11, 2002 - Lake City Reporter
> BHS addressing students' reading needs in many ways
June 6, 2002
> Lt. Governor Brogan Addresses Hundreds of Educators At Summer Reading Academy
June 6, 2002
> Lt. Governor: Other states eye changes in Florida education
June 5, 2002 - Palatka Daily News
> Dignitaries, hundreds of teachers kick off reading initiative blitz
June 4, 2002 - Palatka Daily News
> Educators train to fight illiteracy (DEAD LINK)
June 4, 2002 - The Gainesville Sun
> BC-UC teachers join 650 who will train in promising new reading program
June 4, 2002 - Bradford County Telegraph
> Random House Recognized for Florida Reading Initiative Support
May 30, 2002
> BellSouth Recognized for Florida Reading Initiative Support
May 30, 2002
> Tri-County Reading Initiative Golf Scramble, Chiefland Country Club, July 19
May 28, 2002
> 1st Annual Literary Tea Honors Chiefland Middle School Students
April 22, 2002
> Dixie Reading Initiatives Vision is for 100% Literacy
March 20, 2002 - Dixie County Advocate
> TLCF Project Site Visit
March 20, 2002
> MM Parrish Construction Recognized for Reading Initiative Support
March 19, 2002
> Reading Initiative Proving Very Successful
March 18, 2002 - SBLC Notebook
> Three schools apply for reading initiative
March 6, 2002 - Palatka Daily News
> Georgia-Pacific Recognized for Reading Initiative Support
March 1, 2002
> Trenton Middle/Senior High School Hosts FRI Teacher Showcase
February 26, 2002
> FRI Takes Center Stage in Tallahassee
February 15, 2002
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Fourth-graders promoted despite failing FCAT (DEAD LINK)
February 8, 2002 - Gainesville Sun

> New program provides big gains for poor readers
February 7, 2002 - Bradford County Telegraph
> Interim Report on ESE Students in the Florida Reading Initiative
January 31, 2002
> Trenton High Introduces FRI to Trenton Rotarians
January 17, 2002 - Gilchrist County Journal
> Local schools get chunk of $3M in reading funds
January 17, 2002 - Palatka Daily News
> Over $587,000 in Reading Research Grants Awarded to NEFEC, Gilchrist, Flagler & P.K.Yonge Lab School
January 15, 2002 - Governor's Office
> Reading initiative helping instructors teach reading (DEAD LINK)
January 3, 2002 - Chiefland Citizen
> Students become coaches (DEAD LINK)
January 3, 2002 - Chiefland Citizen
> Florida Reading Initiative Interim Evaluation Data
December 18, 2001
> Local educators pitch Reading Initiative program to Gov. Bush
December 12, 2001 - Palatka Daily News
> Governor Bush Looks at Florida Reading Initiative
December 5, 2001
> Reading Takes Center Stage at November Board of Directors Meeting
November 16, 2001
> Teacher Training
November 16, 2001
Mary Laura Openshaw, DOE's division of public schools director, came to Putnam County to hear a presentation on the Florida Reading Initiative.
> Reading Schools Receive Mini-Grants
October 23, 2001
> Not the Slow Class!
October 2001 - The Eagle Eye (Jenkins Middle School Newspaper)
> Student Engagement in Meaningful Activities in Reading
October 15, 2001
> Behind the Scenes in the Florida Reading Initiative
October 12, 2001
> Burning Up the Air Ways
October 11, 2001
> Life After the Summer Reading Academy
September 14, 2001 - NEFEC Pulse
> Teachers Return Ready to Read
September 14, 2001 - Gilchrist County Journal
> August 2001 Evaluation of Florida Reading Initiative
August 2001 - Edmetrics, Inc.
> LBMS initiates DEAR Day in community for Sept. 5
August 30, 2001 - Bradford County Telegraph
> Governor Bush visits LBES
August 16, 2001 - Bradford County Telegraph

> FRI Reading Coaches Meet and Plan for the Coming Year
August 1, 2001
> Summer Reading Academy Draws Near
May 17, 2001
> Businesses Get Behind Reading Initiative
April 19, 2001
> Teacher toolboxes - Businesses get behind reading initiative
April 6, 2001 - Palatka Daily News
> Teaching teachers to teach - Reading skills instruction addressed in literacy academy in Gainesville
March 29, 2001 - Palatka Daily News
> LBMS/LBES part of new reading initiative program
March 29, 2001 - Bradford County Telegraph
> It's easy as A-B-C (DEAD LINK) - Reading brought back to the forefront of education
March 24, 2001 - The Gainesville Sun
> The Florida Reading Initiative : Helping Schools Reach 100% Literacy
March 21, 2001