60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
5/16/2014
Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education, a momentous date when the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the "separate but equal" doctrine of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case in 1896 was unconstitutional. The ruling in Brown v. Board of Education mandated that segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Read MoreSpotlight on Jacksonville Afterschool Programs
5/15/2014
Last week, Mayor Brown, and officials from the Jacksonville Children's Commission, Wallace Foundation and National League of Cities gathered afterschool stakeholders to celebrate significant strides being made locally and across the country in building strong afterschool systems. This is great news since quality afterschool programs have been shown to increase school attendance, raise graduation rates and reduce smoking, drinking, drug usage and teen parenting among young people.
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Read MoreUpcoming School Facts Jax Training, May 29
5/14/2014
School Facts Jax is your one-stop shop for information about the progress and performance of Duval County Public Schools. Through the website, www.schoolfactsjax.org, what would otherwise be an arduous task of digging through databases, is now an easy-to-use, interactive experience with charts and visualizations bringing the district's data to life.
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Read MoreLegislature Approves Bill on School Grades
5/1/2014
Florida's A-F grading system has experienced many changes over the last 15 years and will undergo even more now that the Florida legislature approved Senate Bill 1642 on Wednesday. The bill, intended to simplify the school grading formula, will impact school grades released after the 2014-2015 school year and into the future.
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Read MoreHow 2013 Duval County Teacher of the Year Finalists used their $1,000 grants this school year
4/28/2014
Last month Duval County celebrated 161 outstanding teachers at the annual EDDY Awards. The five finalists (Amanda Dyal, Jessica von Eiff, Iris Caro, Carol Wright and Joseph Frencl) all received a $1,000.00 grant from the Duval County Rotaries for use in their classroom or school. As we usher in the new teachers of the year, let's take a look back at how the 2013 finalists used their grant funds to benefit their students.
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