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Duval schools honored for excellence in community involvement

11/11/2019

Twenty-five schools in Duval County have been honored with the Five Star Schools Award for 2018-19. The award recognizes schools that have demonstrated success in incorporating families and community members into the school environment. 

Semi-finalists named for 2020 Duval County Teacher of the Year

11/7/2019

Fifteen outstanding public school teachers were named semi-finalists for the 2020 Florida Blue Duval County Teacher of the Year today.

JPEF's Teacher Leadership Summit offers professional development to top teachers

11/2/2019

Last Saturday, more than 100 of Duval County's top teachers gathered at the Jesse Ball duPont Center for JPEF's daylong Teacher Leadership Summit. 

Four facts about elected vs. appointed superintendents

Find out why 98 percent of school districts have an appointed superintendent.

10/30/2019

Coming on the heels of the tax referendum controversy is a new proposal to have an elected, instead of School Board-appointed, Superintendent for Duval County Public Schools (DCPS). Here are four facts about why Duval County has an appointed superintendent.

What top teachers think about revising the Florida Standards

We asked teachers of the year what they think about the Florida Standards.

10/18/2019

Earlier this year, Governor DeSantis issued an executive order calling for a revision of the Florida State Standards and elimination of the Common Core. We asked the 2019-2020 school-level Teachers of the Year what they think.