What's New on School Facts Jax: Understanding the new School Grades
7/31/2013
There has been a lot of confusion around the recently released 2013 school grades for elementary and middle schools. As Florida prepares for a transition to Common Core standards, and an accompanying host of more difficult tests, the state has made a number of adjustments to the way students and schools are evaluated over the past few years.
We've pulled together all the data for every elementary and middle school in the state to make it easier for you to see what your school's grade is, whether or not it was adjusted due to the "safety net" rule and, if so, what it would have been without the safety net.
Read MoreinBRIEF Spring 2013: "Patching the Pipeline: Addressing Teacher Satisfaction and Retention"
4/29/2013
In "PATCHING THE PIPELINE: Addressing Teacher Satisfaction and Retention in Duval County," we look at the last five cohorts of new teachers in Duval County Public Schools, and conduct a survey of all teachers in the district to get their opinions about a wide variety of different factors.
Keep reading to download this new report detailing the turnover among new teachers in Duval County Public Schools - half leave in the first five years - and raising the voices of teachers themselves about what factors keep them in the classroom.
Read MoreinBRIEF Fall 2012: ONE by ONE
10/22/2012
In the fall of 2011, the Jacksonville Public Education Fund set out with the help of dozens of volunteers on an effort to go into every part of our community and hear first-hand the hopes, concerns, questions and ideas that the citizens of Duval County have for the future of education in our community - in their own words.
Read more about the aspirations, priorities and opinions of the people of Jacksonville in this newest policy briefing.
Read MoreinBRIEF Spring 2012: College & Career Readiness in Duval County
5/7/2012
In less than a decade, 6 in 10 jobs in Florida will require some postsecondary education. How many students in Duval County are ready for that future? And what are our local schools doing to prepare more students for college and the workforce?
These are the questions tackled in the latest policy briefing from the Jacksonville Public Education Fund, "To Graduation and Beyond: College & career readiness in Duval County."
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inBRIEF Spring 2011: Reading proficiency
6/6/2011
What is happening between elementary school and high school to cause such a drastic decline in the reading achievement levels of our students? What can we learn from studying this trend about how to better support and improve students' performance all the way through school?
Following the achievement trajectories of a cohort of DCPS students from elementary school through high school, we examined the different paths that unfolded for those who were and were not on grade level by the end of 3rd grade.
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