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Your Child's Success Story Starts in Your Hands Maya turns three today. In one future, she'll enter kindergarten confident and curious, vocabulary rich, emotions regulated, ready to learn. In another, she'll struggle to sit still, find reading frustrating, and feel behind from day one. The difference won't be her intelligence, her parents' love, or family income. The difference will be whether she receives eight essential daily interactions that all children need to flourish.

Stop Managing Achievement Gaps. Start Preventing Them. For 60 years, we've tried to close achievement gaps through schools alone. Still, the gaps persist and only half of children in Florida are ready for kindergarten. It's time for a new playbook. This evidence-based blueprint shows communities how to prevent achievement gaps by ensuring every parent has the knowledge children need to thrive.

Diaper changes, car rides, bath time: these aren't chores—they're the curriculum of early childhood. The 32,000+ caregiving interactions you'll share by your child's fifth birthday hold the power to build foundations for lifelong success. Read this article to discover how to get 2–3x more impact from the time you're already spending with your child. Learn how thousands of routine daily interactions, used intentionally, can give your child a sturdy foundation for life.

Diaper Change Songs Version 1: "If You're Happy and You Know It" If I’m changing your diaper and you know it, let's talk and smile  (clap, clap) If I’m changing your diaper and you know it, let's talk and smile  (clap, clap) I'll tell you what I know, and your brain will quickly growIf I’m changing your diaper and you know it, let's talk and smile!  (clap, clap) Now I'm wiping your legs clean, one and two  (count on fingers) Now I'm wiping your legs clean, one and two  (count

The need for the fhi award Across Florida, exceptional elementary schools are quietly achieving remarkable results — accelerating student growth year after year in the critical early grades. Yet these schools remain hidden in plain sight. Their transformative work goes unrecognized. Their proven strategies remain untapped. This is a massive missed opportunity for Florida’s education system. The stakes couldn’t be higher. Only half of Florida’s incoming kindergarteners are sc

Florida's education system has been a national model for innovation and accountability since the adoption of the A+ Plan 25 years ago. However, one glaring gap remains in how Florida measures and supports student achievement: the critical early elementary years, kindergarten through second grade. Florida’s accountability system does not measure student performance until the third grade and learning gains are not measured until the fourth grade. Because of this gap, student ga

At 6 PM on a Tuesday, Maria Santos is helping her third-grader with math homework at their kitchen table while dinner simmers on the...

the challenge we're solving Why should Florida's most exceptional third-grade math teacher reach only 18 students when her impact could...

The Crisis That Demands Bold Action Imagine you're five years old, stepping into your first day of kindergarten in Florida—excited,...