PowerUP Jax to be featured at Generation W and One Spark
3/31/2014
PowerUP Jax will be featured at Generation W on Friday, April 4 and at One Spark, April 9-13.
Continue to learn ways you can show your support.
Read MoreOpen Enrollment proposal put on hold — what's next
3/31/2014
At a press conference this morning, Dr. Vitti announced that he is pulling the open enrollment proposal from consideration at tomorrow's school board meeting and putting it on indefinite hold.
Read MoreSeeing with newcomers' eyes: A ONE by ONE Delegate's perspective
3/25/2014
We moved our family to Jacksonville from Portland, Oregon in August of last year, 2013. Our primary focus when choosing a place to live in Jacksonville was what school(s) our children, one ten-year old and one eight-year old, would attend. In Portland, our children had attended a K-12 Spanish Immersion magnet program and an inner city project-based curriculum focused charter school. Our family is in favor of school choice and the best school fit for the child's learning style.
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Read MoreSeeing with newcomers' eyes: A ONE by ONE Delegate's perspective
3/25/2014
We moved our family to Jacksonville from Portland, Oregon in August of last year, 2013. Our primary focus when choosing a place to live in Jacksonville was what school(s) our children, one ten-year old and one eight-year old, would attend. In Portland, our children had attended a K-12 Spanish Immersion magnet program and an inner city project-based curriculum focused charter school. Our family is in favor of school choice and the best school fit for the child's learning style.
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Read MoreOpen Enrollment: What the research says and what you can do
3/24/2014
Superintendent Nikolai Vitti's proposed Open Enrollment policy would allow all students in the district to sign up to attend any school with available space in the district, regardless of their zoned "home" school.
This issue has generated a lot of conversation in the community. Our research team set out to learn all they could about similar Open Enrollment policies throughout the state of Florida and across the country.
Keep reading to download some of that research, and to learn how you can speak out about this issue.
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President’s Corner: Reflecting on High School Graduation in a Pandemic
JPEF President Rachael Tutwiler Fortune shares her thoughts as the parent of a senior.
High school graduation has been a recurring theme in the life of JPEF President Rachael Tutwiler Fortune. In a new Q&A, Rachael shared what high school graduation means to her, and offered some words of inspiration for fellow parents who are w ...Read More
Half-penny sales tax will go on the ballot in fall 2020
Education advocates reacted to the news by saying they'll support the sales tax.
“This is a long-awaited historic moment in Duval County,” said JPEF President Rachael Tutwiler Fortune. “Our students need 21st century schools, and our independent research has shown that 78.5 percent of Duval County residents support ...Read More
Education Innovator Speaks in Jacksonville about What Students Need to Succeed in the 21st Century
JPEF also celebrated 10 years of impact and launched a new School Leadership Initiative.
Dr. Tony Wagner, an internationally acclaimed author and education innovator, shared a thought-provoking message about the future of education with more than 350 education and community leaders today as the keynote speaker of the Jacksonville Publ ...Read More