Read It Forward Jax! will focus on improving reading performance for students in grades K-12. Read It Forward Jax! will partner city, business, faith based, and non-profit leaders throughout the community to share in helping teach Jacksonville’s children about the importance of reading.

Mentoring agencies, non-profits and the business community will provide human and material resources to enhance the literacy skills of our students. DCPS' business partners have already begun purchasing new classroom libraries and the latest technology to increase student’s love of reading and increase their comprehension.  This summer, a state of the art “TV Textbook” will be made available to 50 students in a pilot program. These small boxes will hook up to a standard television, and can be used to teach highly engaging reading lessons at home.

The DCPS’ academic team has built a plan to teach instructors the latest literacy techniques to provide students the tools they need to succeed. That professional development will be taken a step further as mentors and reading volunteers throughout the city mirror that academic plan.

 

Message from Superintendent Pratt-Dannals

 
 

Challenge: 
Help start an epidemic in Jacksonville...Approach three people and say, "What are you reading?"  Discuss briefly and then challenge them to READ IT FORWARD by asking three other people. 

 

 

 
 
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bullet Sponsor a Classroom Library
 
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bullet Mentor a Student
 
bullet Read It Forward by asking someone what they are reading
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Duval County School Board Promotes Read It Forward Jax!
 
 
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In support of Black History Month, the Department of Education released a recommended reading list for students of all ages. Click here for more information.

Local leaders support reading during "Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida!," January 23-27, through Read It Forward Jax!

Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals, Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford, 2011
Florida Blue Duval County Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year Youmone Berrien and
Action News anchor Paige Kelton all selected books to read-along with students.

The books are recommended for elementary school students who would like to share a book with some of Jacksonville's most popular readers.


Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals reads Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
2011 Florida Blue DCPS Teacher of the Year Youmone Berrien reads The Very Greedy Bee by Steve Smallman
Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford reads We the Kids by David Catrow
Action News anchor Paige Kelton reads I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go To Bed by Lauren Child.

Parents...Read It Forward every day with your children. 
Click here for a Read It Forward Jax! Parent Brochure

 
 
             
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