Jacksonville Attorney Lamonte Carter and iCity Christian School Executive Director Terrie Hairston announce a group of private schools' lawsuit against Step Up For Students on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. | News4Jax

St. Johns Technical High School will join with St. Augustine High School beginning in the 2026–27 school year. | News4Jax

Teresa Brady and her husband, Mark, follow one of her lawyers out of the courthouse after she was sentenced to 27 months in prison on February 9, 2026. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Law enforcement officers guard outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview on Nov. 21, 2025. | Nam Y. Huh, AP

George H. Hodges Field on the Bolles Upper School Campus. | The Bolles School

Angela Garcia Falconetti has been selected as interim president at the University of North Florida. | UNF

St. Johns County Schools are bracing for a budget deficit. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

The Rev. Korey O’Neal, left, is greeted by Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel Dunn. | FBI Jacksonville

1 mill property tax spending by Duval Schools

Biology teacher Mari Richardson was named 2026 VyStar Duval County Teacher of the Year. The Jean Ribault High School teacher was selected from a pool of about 180 candidates. Superintendent Christopher Bernier says “she meets students where they are, helps them to exceed their own expectations, and creates a classroom where confidence and achievement grow together.” As a thanks for her dedication to her students, Richardson won grants for her classroom, a cash prize and a new car. She’ll also go on to represent Duval at the Florida Teacher of the Year awards. Way to go!

Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas speaks about the racial comments of a Clay County School Board member. | News4Jax

More than a half million Florida students use state voucher programs. | Nancy Guan, WUSF

Dyz'Jhae Davis and Westside High principal Vincent Foster are all smiles after Davis received her Certified Nursing Assistant pin during a ceremony May 6, 2025. The 16 Westside students are the first to graduate with both a diploma and a CNA certification from the school's medical magnet program. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Mayor Donna Deegan, center, speaks with students at Kreative Minds Academy in Jacksonville's Garden City neighborhood before awarding books as part of a literacy initiative funded by a $1 million gift from the Gate Foundation. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

A judge with a gavel. | Adobe stock/Lightfield studios

Duval School Board members watch to see if a motion to add Schools of Hope to the board's 2026 legislative platform will pass. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Clay County Bishop Marvin C. Zanders II speaks Dec. 31, 2025, with a group of other regional faith, education and civic leaders. | Livestream of news conference

Teresa Brady is a former president of Duval Teachers United, the district's teachers union.

Merrill Road Elementary is one of two schools that remain on Mater Academy's list for Schools of Hope. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Former University of Florida President Ben Sasse.

Burglars smashed a door at Minds of the Future Academy and stole about $200,000 worth of technology. | News4Jax

District 2 Clay County School Board member Robert Alvero. | Clay County School Board