August 9, 2023
Questions remain about the top two bids to move the school district’s administration building from the Downtown Southbank riverfront.…
August 7, 2023
Duval and Clay Schools cancel AP Psychology class
Schools fear the class would violate a new state policy prohibiting instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity.…
August 6, 2023
Duval school district braces for 50% uptick in private school vouchers this year
Duval Schools loses state money for every student who drops out of district-run schools, putting a greater financial strain on…
July 11, 2023
Duval School Board member will represent both district, conservative group in Tallahassee
Duval County School Board member April Carney will help the district lobby the Florida Legislature — that’s after some Board…
June 4, 2023
Duval Schools doesn’t know what to do with unapproved books
Duval County Public Schools sent almost twice as many library books to its recycling plant this school year than it…
May 23, 2023
Superintendent Diana Greene ends trailblazing Duval career under scrutiny
The Duval superintendent’s tenure ends amid criticism from both the political left and right, but she also won bipartisan support…
April 18, 2023
Duval Schools reverses trans restroom policy, no longer discourages ‘outing’ students in new LGBTQ+ support guide
Students in Duval County Public Schools now must use restrooms and lockers in line with their sex assigned at birth…
April 5, 2023
Duval Schools face 20% vacancy in media specialists, the only staff who can approve books
School librarians are a rarity in Duval, and 1-in-5 of the few remaining positions are vacant as the district faces…
February 7, 2023
Most Florida school districts aren’t requiring teachers to hide classroom libraries. Duval is.
Duval Schools says media specialists have reviewed about 2,000 of the 1.6 million titles in the district.…
January 19, 2023
Enrolling your child in Duval County Public Schools | JAX TODAY GUIDE
If you’re looking to enroll a first-time student in Duval Schools for this coming fall, here’s what you need to…
December 22, 2022
Duval Schools to keep 73 ‘diverse, inclusive’ books out of classrooms
Dozens of books the Duval County school district ordered in the summer of 2021 will never hit classroom shelves. That’s…
November 28, 2022
2 new Northwest Jacksonville schools mix HBCU culture with elementary curriculum
Mikynzi Alexander spoke with confidence as she recited Useni Eugene Perkins’ poem “Hey, Black Child” at her school’s ribbon-cutting last…
August 26, 2022
#AskJAXTDY | Why wasn’t the school tax referendum during the general election when more people vote?
With the August primary in the books, and most races going to runoff elections November 8, the Jacksonville Today team…
August 12, 2022
More Duval students could take JTA city buses to school
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority may be one of the solutions to Duval County’s school bus driver shortage. Later this month,…
August 9, 2022
#AskJAXTDY | Will the proposed property tax for schools compound each year?
The Jacksonville Today team is answering your voting questions ahead of the August 23rd primaries. A hot topic? The Duval…
May 17, 2022
What Duval Schools is cutting from its LGBTQ+ Support Guide
In response to Florida’s new, critic-dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” law, Duval County Public Schools plans to slash the district’s decade-old…
May 16, 2022
‘It all boils down to one paragraph.’ Duval Schools could change its LGBTQ support guide Tuesday
The Duval County School Board is set to meet Tuesday morning to discuss an update to its LGBTQ support guide,…
March 7, 2022
OPINION | Teachers should make a life, not just a living
My mother was a public high school teacher for 33 years. She worked at Bloom High School in Chicago Heights.…