FSA testing season has begun: Here’s what you need to know
3/7/2016
On February 29, the FSA (Florida Standards Assessment) leaped into its second official year of testing. So far, the technical issues that held back the timing of last year’s FSA testing and made some question its validity have not reappeared.
Read MoreBig Ideas Fest: Disruptive and provocative ideas that change the world
3/2/2016
We all can change the world! Dr. Maira Martelo recently had the incredible privilege of attending the 2015 Big Ideas Fest in San Jose, California. The Big Ideas Fest is an annual event in which educators from different parts of the world and background gather to build feasible solutions to improve education in the world. Continue reading to learn more about Maira's experience and how it connects to improving public education.
Read MoreBig Ideas Fest: Disruptive and provocative ideas that change the world
3/2/2016
We all can change the world! Dr. Maira Martelo recently had the incredible privilege of attending the 2015 Big Ideas Fest in San Jose, California. The Big Ideas Fest is an annual event in which educators from different parts of the world and background gather to build feasible solutions to improve education in the world. Continue reading to learn more about Maira's experience and how it connects to improving public education.
Read MoreGuest post: Takeaways from the 2016 ONE by ONE Convention
3/1/2016
Guest blogger, Erica Rickey is a Senior AmeriCorps Member at City Year Jacksonville. She desires to be able to effect educational change, not only in her individual school, but also to extend positive change as far as possible. Erica shares how the 2016 ONE by ONE Convention serves as an ideal opportunity to make connections and bolster our abilities as a community to get things done.
Read MoreCommunity First Cares Foundation to bestow the Third Annual Innovation Prize at The EDDY Awards
2/23/2016
The Community First Cares Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Community First Credit Union, announces the recipient of the Community First Innovation Prize honoring creativity and innovation in classroom instruction in Duval County. Continue reading to see the amazing innovative ideas that our local educators will bring to life with their students.