JPEF's Teacher Leadership Summit offers professional development to top teachers
11/2/2019
Last Saturday, more than 100 of Duval County's top teachers gathered at the Jesse Ball duPont Center for JPEF's daylong Teacher Leadership Summit.
Read MoreFour facts about elected vs. appointed superintendents
Find out why 98 percent of school districts have an appointed superintendent.
10/30/2019
Coming on the heels of the tax referendum controversy is a new proposal to have an elected, instead of School Board-appointed, Superintendent for Duval County Public Schools (DCPS). Here are four facts about why Duval County has an appointed superintendent.
Read MoreWhat top teachers think about revising the Florida Standards
We asked teachers of the year what they think about the Florida Standards.
10/18/2019
Earlier this year, Governor DeSantis issued an executive order calling for a revision of the Florida State Standards and elimination of the Common Core. We asked the 2019-2020 school-level Teachers of the Year what they think.
Read MoreEducation 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.
9/18/2019
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 Public Education Fund’s EDTalks event.
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