Florida KidCare offers high-quality, income-based health insurance just for kids. Costs are based on a child’s age, household size and adjusted gross annual income. Many families pay just $15 or $20 a month to cover all qualifying children in the household.
Florida KidCare is designed specifically with kids in mind, giving them access to the health services they need throughout each stage of growth and development.
Did you know that good attendance is directly linked to a child's success in school?
Too many absences can can a child to fall behind in school. If your child misses only 18 days of school, or 10% of school days, it can be harder for them to learn to read.
Even if a student misses just a day or two every few weeks, they can fall behind. Being late can also lead to poor attendance.
A Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a way that districts and schools organize and provide education to ensure that students receive the instruction they need to be successful. First and foremost about helping students.
By operating as an MTSS, schools acknowledge that students’ needs vary and so the best way to help them achieve is to provide instruction that is matched to those needs. Within an MTSS, educators carefully monitor student progress, work to ensure that all students receive effective instruction and provide more targeted or individualized support when needed.
understand how mtss can help your childTeacherEase helps implement standards-based learning and differentiated instruction in the classroom. For many teachers and organizations, standards-based education is a big change and requires great effort. TeacherEase supports this process by providing world-class tools that make standards-based practices easier.
Parents and family members can play a big role in helping their children learn the joys of reading at home and in the process, gain the skills necessary to meet the state standards.
Parents will support the teachers and the administration of the school and will follow through at home to make certain their children live up to their school commitments and obligations
Read More about what Florida law says about reading requirements for third-grade students and promotion to fourth grade.
tips for helping your child improve reading skillsParents For Charter Schools is an organization of parents and guardians whose children attend Florida's charter schools. By working together, PFCS members can help shape the future of their children's charter schools and that of the entire Florida Charter school movement.
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