60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
5/16/2014
Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education, a momentous date when the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the "separate but equal" doctrine of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case in 1896 was unconstitutional. The ruling in Brown v. Board of Education mandated that segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Read MoreSpotlight on Jacksonville Afterschool Programs
5/15/2014
Last week, Mayor Brown, and officials from the Jacksonville Children's Commission, Wallace Foundation and National League of Cities gathered afterschool stakeholders to celebrate significant strides being made locally and across the country in building strong afterschool systems. This is great news since quality afterschool programs have been shown to increase school attendance, raise graduation rates and reduce smoking, drinking, drug usage and teen parenting among young people.
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Read MoreSpotlight on Jacksonville Afterschool Programs
5/15/2014
Last week, Mayor Brown, and officials from the Jacksonville Children's Commission, Wallace Foundation and National League of Cities gathered afterschool stakeholders to celebrate significant strides being made locally and across the country in building strong afterschool systems. This is great news since quality afterschool programs have been shown to increase school attendance, raise graduation rates and reduce smoking, drinking, drug usage and teen parenting among young people.
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Read MoreUpcoming School Facts Jax Training, May 29
5/14/2014
School Facts Jax is your one-stop shop for information about the progress and performance of Duval County Public Schools. Through the website, www.schoolfactsjax.org, what would otherwise be an arduous task of digging through databases, is now an easy-to-use, interactive experience with charts and visualizations bringing the district's data to life.
Learn more and register today.
Read MoreUpcoming School Facts Jax Training, May 29
5/14/2014
School Facts Jax is your one-stop shop for information about the progress and performance of Duval County Public Schools. Through the website, www.schoolfactsjax.org, what would otherwise be an arduous task of digging through databases, is now an easy-to-use, interactive experience with charts and visualizations bringing the district's data to life.
Learn more and register today.
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