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.
Read
It Forward
by asking someone what they are reading
Featured Videos
Duval County School Board Promotes Read It Forward Jax!
Jaxson de Ville Supports Read It Forward Jax!
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.
