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By Cooper Levey-Baker, Sarasota, December 19, 2019 Mimi Graham has spent her life fighting for kids. She began her career in the late 1970s as a Head Start administrator before moving into the world of academia to study child development and advocate for public policies that improve the health of mothers and children. Today, she’s the director of Florida State University’s Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy, a position in which she advises government agencies and...

We hear the message constantly that it is important to build relationships and make connections with each other and our students; but it can be discouraging for many to keep that fire burning when we don't see the results of those connections. I asked a teacher recently if she every planted a seed and watched it become a seed. She instantly stopped me and said she got it. Our quest to form relationships with the children we serve isn't always an overnight fix. For some, we may never see the...

It was a great meeting! Thank you Crystal.