education funding

Florida’s public universities now have to meet a four-year graduation standard, with hundreds of millions of dollars in performance funding at stake if…

The latest round of Duval County school budget talks will put another group of school employees at ease, but not all.Duval Schools Superintendent Nikolai…

Quality Education for All, or QEA, is a $50 million effort aimed at improving student achievement in 36 of the area’s toughest schools, and over the last…

For some the multimillion dollar philanthropic effort known as Quality Education for All is strong sign of support for a community that has lacked it for…

In part one of our Quest for Quality series, we’ll hear from educators at one of the 36 schools being impacted by Quality Education for All, as well as…

An agreement reached between Duval County Public Schools and Duval Teachers United has set the stage for an unprecedented incentives program for…

Florida college students are in Tallahassee this week to advocate for several policies state legislators are considering this session.Lawmakers are moving…

Education Commissioner Pam Stewart has recommended the American Institutes for Research produce Florida’s next statewide exam.The new, as-yet-unnamed test…

Crowdfunding is headed to the classroom as a way to fund innovative projects in Duval County.PowerUP Jax, a website similar to the crowdfunding site…

There appears to be growing anger over the lack of library media specialists in Duval’s middle and high schools.Because of budget constraints, School…