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Superintendent, Board Member Judge Report on Status, Challenges Facing Public Education
The hard facts about public education in Jacksonville, plans in place to meet the challenges, and the effects of present and future education funding shortages were detailed Feb. 7, 2008, when The Community Foundation in Jacksonville’s Forum On Quality Education and the Learning To Finish Leadership Council met.
About 50 community, government and education leaders, philanthropists and others heard reports by three top officials. The joint meeting of public education activists is the latest step in the Community Foundation's 10-year commitment to public education. Two years into this effort, the initiative aims to eliminate the achievement gap, reduce the high school dropout rate and increase the high school graduation rate in Duval County.
Cindy Edelman, who along with James Van Vleck has chaired the Forum since its inception, set the tone, "We're here to learn about progress being made in issues that have brought us together." She also announced that the Community Foundation trustees approved $300,000 to funding the forum's work -- $100,000 more than originally committed. Click
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