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 – 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...
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...
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...
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...
Jan. 31, 2019 – Graham Glasheen calmly walked up to the microphone after being asked to spell a word meaning “intended to teach.” D-I-D-A-C-T-I-C. Didactic. It ...
Jan. 28, 2019 – Rachel Duff points to a vocabulary word on the board and enunciates it slowly for her students to repeat. She does this two more times before motioning with her h...
Video Link Jan. 24, 2019 – We’re sure you’ve already noticed — the way math is taught in our elementary schools doesn’t look the way it used to. When the state of Flori...
Jan. 23, 2019 – George Pratt just got one step closer to his ultimate dream of becoming a United States senator. The Paxon School for Advanced Studies senior is one of tw...
Jan. 22, 2019 – Danisha Love, Teacher of the Year finalist and math teacher at Raines High School, says her passion for teaching started with her love for learning. “I love bein...
Jan. 10, 2019 – Everyday, we get hundreds of questions from parents and community members about the magnet and special transfer option process. Below are answers to the top six m...
Dec. 20, 2018 – Duval County Public Schools has set a new record for the district’s graduation rate. Now at 85.1 percent, schools in 2018 bumped the district’s average by...
October 29, 2018 – There are 2.5 million more reasons for hope for four schools as they work toward academic success for all students. Long Branch, Hyde Park, Rutledge Pe...
Oct. 26, 2018 – Duval County Public Schools’ Nongongoma Majova, principal of Stanton College Preparatory School, is one of 11 recipients of the 2018 Terrel H. Bell Award for Outs...
Oct. 16, 2018 – Duval County Public Schools was one of 26 school districts in the United States and Canada to be awarded the 23rd Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement ...
Oct. 12, 2018 – Bullying is a topic that is often discussed, but not as often understood. In honor of Bully Prevention Month we asked the district’s Director of Bully Prevention,...
Oct. 2, 2018 – For almost half an hour on Monday, Sept. 24, NFL Pro Football Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins had more than 100 Raines High School students spellbound. It wasn...
Sept. 27, 2018 – Two recent school bus incidents illuminate how we can all contribute to safer commutes for children. One incident involved a bus that did not fully clear...
Sept. 12, 2018 – Duval County Public Schools is proud to announce that 17 Stanton College Preparatory students are among approximately 16,000 seniors nationwide selected as semif...
During the Duval County School Board Meeting held on Monday, Sept. 10, Board Chairwoman Paula D. Wright addressed the growing problem of teen violence in our community. Her presen...
