Community First Cares Foundation Awards Innovation Grants to Educators (1)
10/13/2015
The Community First Cares Foundation, the charitable arm of Community First Credit Union, announces the recipients of 10 PowerUP Jax innovation grants to public school teachers in Duval County. Each recipient will receive a $500 grant to support their in-class projects. A volunteer committee awarded the grants based on project proposals that were based on creativity and prioritized hands-on learning experiences to raise student achievement.
Keep reading to see some more photos from today's surprise prize patrol to some of the winning teachers.
Read MoreCommunity First Cares Foundation Awards Innovation Grants to Educators
10/13/2015
The Community First Cares Foundation, the charitable arm of Community First Credit Union, announces the recipients of 10 PowerUP Jax innovation grants to public school teachers in Duval County. Each recipient will receive a $500 grant to support their in-class projects. A volunteer committee awarded the grants based on project proposals that were based on creativity and prioritized hands-on learning experiences to raise student achievement.
Keep reading to see some more photos from today's surprise prize patrol to some of the winning teachers.
Read MoreCommunity First Cares Foundation Awards Innovation Grants to Educators
10/13/2015
The Community First Cares Foundation, the charitable arm of Community First Credit Union, announces the recipients of 10 PowerUP Jax innovation grants to public school teachers in Duval County. Each recipient will receive a $500 grant to support their in-class projects. A volunteer committee awarded the grants based on project proposals that were based on creativity and prioritized hands-on learning experiences to raise student achievement.
Keep reading to see some more photos from today's surprise prize patrol to some of the winning teachers.
Read MoreLooking at New Orleans, 10 years after Katrina
10/12/2015
I had the opportunity this month to visit New Orleans last week, with leaders of Local Education Funds from across the country, to reflect on the tremendous transformation that has occurred over the 10 years that have passed since Hurricane Katrina decimated the city and its perilously low-performing public school system.
Continue reading to hear more from Trey Csar, President of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund.
Read MoreLooking at New Orleans, 10 years after Katrina
10/12/2015
I had the opportunity this month to visit New Orleans last week, with leaders of Local Education Funds from across the country, to reflect on the tremendous transformation that has occurred over the 10 years that have passed since Hurricane Katrina decimated the city and its perilously low-performing public school system.
Continue reading to hear more from Trey Csar, President of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund.
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