August 1, 2019
Aug. 1, 2019 – “Summer Slide.” Two words a teacher never wants to hear, as they refer to the tendency for students forget what they’ve learned during a long break from school....
July 30, 2019
July 30, 2019 – The Duval County School Board has begun the formal process of adopting the district’s budget for the 2019-20 school year. Discussions about the budget have taken ...
July 23, 2019
Video link July 23, 2019 – Moving to a new country and learning a new language isn’t easy. Just ask Anne-Victory Veillard, a Haitian immigrant who has only been in the United S...
July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019 – Team Duval is ready to kick off another dynamic year in education. Below are 10 Back to School tips to help ensure our families and students have a smooth and suc...
July 11, 2019
July 11, 2019 – Propelled by a record-breaking graduation rate and learning gains made by students in math and reading, Duval County Public Schools is now closer to an A than it ...
July 3, 2019
July 3, 2019 – Scoring big is nothing new for Team Duval’s Tammie Talley. But now, the District Athletic Director can add another impressive title to a long list of accomplishmen...
‘You can’t teach them until you reach them.’ Training helps educators address mental health concerns
July 2, 2019
July 2, 2019 – “As an educator, every single day, you will encounter a mental health illness in your students.” This is a truth that Katrina Taylor, School Behavioral Health Dire...
June 28, 2019
June 28, 2019 – Duval County Public Schools improved student proficiency rates in a majority of tested categories according to Florida Department of Education test results releas...
June 25, 2019
Two years ago, the Duval County School Board began a public process to fix dilapidated schools, many of which have served well past their expected building lives. Duval Schools Su...
June 25, 2019
June 25, 2019 – In 2009 and 2010, the State of Florida cut the funding school districts received for renovation, maintenance and new building construction. Because Duval has the ...
May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019 – Before math, before language arts and before science, students in Emma Dubinsky’s kindergarten class get their day started by sharing words of encouragement with e...
May 21, 2019
May 21, 2019 – Reading and Math Florida Standards Assessments, Geometry End of Course Exams, AP Biology Exams and IB Spanish II Exams. As they take final exams for their courses, ...
May 21, 2019
Video link Breathe “peace” in. Breathe “peace” out. Now, take in a big breath. Breathe out slowly. Notice How you feel. May 21, 2019 – Above is an example of an exercise do...
May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019 – In Duval County Public Schools alone, 127 different languages are spoken – the most common being Spanish, Arabic, Burmese Myanmasa, Haitian-Creole, Vietnamese and ...
May 10, 2019
May 10, 2019 – It was always clear that attending college would be in the future for Robert E. Lee High School seniors Isaiah Shabazz and Keith Price Jr. “In my household, it w...
March 18, 2019
March 18, 2019 – The Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) can be nerve-racking for a lot of students. Here are some tips from our department heads, Brandie Barry and Shawn Wigg, to...
March 8, 2019
March 8, 2019 – Students at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and Robert E. Lee High School are positively impacting their campuses by taking the lead in addressing mental heal...
February 22, 2019
Feb. 22, 2019 – Students at Ribault High School are giving back to their community members in dollars and cents. Through a four-week training program available to student...
February 5, 2019
Link to video Feb. 5, 2019 – They engineer robots, they complete NASA-inspired tasks, they talk with physical therapists about spine expansion in space, and…then they go to rec...
February 4, 2019
Feb. 4, 2019 – “I always wanted to be a teacher,” said Sarah Pasion, Teacher of the Year finalist. “It’s my destiny.” The fourth-grade math teacher’s desire to be an educ...