Duval County Schools: Crimes seem to have little consequence and our kids are at risk
In the most recent report, Duval County continues to lead the state in doing little about school safety incidents. Of 9,739 incidents that occurred in the previous school year, only 838 were “reported to law enforcement.” That is less than 9 percent. The average statewide is 33 percent. In the curious world of the education […]
State officials think Jacksonville should turn failing schools over to rising new charter school chain
Duval County School Superintendent Diana Greene got what could only be described as a tongue-lashing when she appeared before the State Board of Education May 22. Greene was explaining her plans to turn around two failing schools, Lake Forest Elementary School and Northwestern Middle School. The plans include changing Northwestern to an elementary school and […]