How you teach your child to be a high performer is more important than your child’s IQ. In fact, it doesn’t take a high IQ for a child to be a world class performer. A “High Performer” is not born, they are made. That is the message in the book, “Talent is Overrated” by Geoff […]
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The Educational Foundation of Lower Florence County is planning a series of STEM Workshops to be held after-school. The first workshops will be for students age 12-18. There will be leaders for each workshop but the goal is for students to learn by doing. Experimentation is the key. We are looking for students who are
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The Educational Foundation, Head Start, and Francis Marion University have joined forces to develop an effective program for teaching four-year old children to read. Last year the Educational Foundation introduced the on-line reading program, Head Sprout, to the Head Start centers in Lake City and Olanta. That program lead to all 13 Pee Dee Community
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One in four (1 in 4) children in America grows up without learning to read. Two-thirds (67%) of students who cannot read proficiently by the end of 4th grade will end up in jail or on welfare. Over seventy percent (70%) of America’s inmates cannot read above a 4th grade level. Literacy matters. Students who
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