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Department Launches New Interactive Book Club
The Department of Education launched an interactive reading initiative for middle school students today, giving them a platform to discuss books with their favorite authors. Through the newly established Literacy League book club, students in grades six through eight will have the chance to read selected books and submit questions in a variety of formats directly to participating authors through a podcast series housed on Florida’s iTunes U site.
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This year’s Celebrate Literacy, Florida! public service announcement (PSA) contest winners were in Tallahassee Jan. 25 to receive their awards from literacy-partner Walt Disney World.
Miami-Dade College Professor Sandra Shultz has been named the 2009 U.S. Professor of the Year for the state of Florida by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

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