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Black History Month Reflections

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Real Men Teach highlight 1,000 by 2025 educators

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On the Origins and Influences of Artificial Intelligence in Education

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EDDY Awards: Gustavo Guzman named 2024 VyStar Duval County Teacher of the Year
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EDDY Awards: Five Teacher of the Year Finalists Announced

The Jacksonville Public Education Fund is proud to announce the five finalists for the VyStar Duval County Teacher of the Year for 2024.  

One of the five will be announced as the Teacher of the Year at the EDDY Awards on January 20, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront. JPEF is proud to continue its partnership with VyStar Credit Union as the title sponsor for the county’s top teaching honor. 

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Meet the 2024 Teachers of the Year

The search for the 2024 VyStar Teacher of the Year for Duval County has begun! Principals from 180 Duval County schools nominated a teacher to represent them in the Teacher of the Year contest for Duval County. The 2024 VyStar Duval County Teacher of the Year will be announced at the EDDY Awards, presented by the Jacksonville Public Education Fund (JPEF), Jan. 20, 2024.

The Teacher of the Year program seeks to recognize, elevate and empower Duval County's best public school teachers by offering unique programming to elevate the teaching profession throughout the year. Teachers selected by their schools as Teacher of the Year are given the opportunity to participate in the teacher leadership initiative offered by JPEF.

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Parents Guide to Choosing a School

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The transformative impact of school leaders

There are no great schools without great leaders. Learn how the Jacksonville Public Education Fund is supporting principals in Title I elementary schools. 

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2019 Edelman winners

Support for Teachers

JPEF is proud to support Duval County's leading teachers through the Teacher Leadership Initiative, the Wolfburg Fellowship for Social Justice in Education, the Cindy Edelman Excellence in Teaching Fellowship and the EDDY Awards.

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Campaign for Grade-level Reading

ReadJax is a community effort to improve third-grade reading scores among students in Duval County. We know the importance of reading and how it can set our children on the path to success. 

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Consortium of Florida Education Foundations 

As a member of the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, we are connected to statewide and national resources and part of a collegial community of local education foundations committed to building partnerships, innovating leading practices and impacting students coast to coast.

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DID YOU KNOW?

 

93%

of public schools in Duval County earned an "A," "B," or "C" in 2021-2022.