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What Do You Wonder About This Giant Jar of Skittles?

That’s how a math lesson at a local elementary school started. Fun. Creative. Engaging. A partnership between Barancik Foundation and Sarasota County Schools has reinvented elementary math instruction so that every…

Barancik FoundationOctober 30, 2018

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Barancik Foundation Hires Jessica Polk as Operations Manager

Amid exponential growth in its community impact and operational needs, the Barancik Foundation hired Jessica Polk for the newly created position of operations manager. In 2018, the Foundation increased its…

Barancik FoundationSeptember 14, 2018

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Bringing Schools Into the 21st Century

Through the STEMsmart and 21st Century Schools initiatives, our community invested $18 million over eight years into technology-enhanced education—forever changing the way teachers teach and students learn in Sarasota County.…

Barancik FoundationAugust 30, 2018

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Innovation Station

A dire need for top engineering talent exists in the Sarasota market, and the growth of local companies and the economy depends upon the development of this talent. Through a…

Barancik FoundationAugust 15, 2018

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The Story of a Street Angel: Steve Seidensticker

In August, Sarasota lost one of its most beloved (and loving) residents, Steve Seidensticker. Steve, a longtime restaurateur and philanthropist, died of cancer at the age of 65. A memorial fund…

Barancik FoundationAugust 14, 2018

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Local Dolphins Hold Key to Global Research

Sarasota’s coastal environment and the visitors it attracts provide social and economic value to our community, but many of the attractive features of our local ecosystem are now threatened by…

Barancik FoundationJuly 22, 2018

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Lesson on building companies and community from Chuck Barancik

Written by Susan Burns, Sarasota Magazine Chuck Barancik, his wife, Margery, and their three children started the Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation with $100 million in April 2014. Since then,…

Barancik FoundationApril 22, 2018

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32 Community Leaders. 1 Shared Purpose – First 1,000 Days

Every child deserves the opportunity to thrive. First 1,000 Days Sarasota County is a collaborative effort to give our most vulnerable neighbors a better chance at life. This new community-wide initiative, spearheaded…

Barancik FoundationApril 15, 2018

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Reading Recovery: A Playbook to Improve Literacy in First-Grade

Reading Recovery helps struggling first-grade students achieve grade-level reading in just 12 to 21 weeks. The internationally acclaimed literacy intervention program is in its third year in Sarasota County and over…

Barancik FoundationApril 6, 2018

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Why teachers are celebrating the complete transformation of Sarasota County’s middle school classrooms

“The biggest thrill is to hear kids say things like ‘learning is fun,’ and ‘I like finding information and doing something with it,’ ” reports a 6th grade science teacher.…

Barancik FoundationMarch 2, 2018

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What Do You Wonder About This Giant Jar of Skittles?

Barancik Foundation Hires Jessica Polk as Operations Manager

Bringing Schools Into the 21st Century

Innovation Station

The Story of a Street Angel: Steve Seidensticker

Local Dolphins Hold Key to Global Research

Lesson on building companies and community from Chuck Barancik

Reading Recovery: A Playbook to Improve Literacy in First-Grade

Why teachers are celebrating the complete transformation of Sarasota County’s middle school classrooms

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