Education news in Jacksonville, Fla.: Duval County schools, school calendars and data, Jacksonville State University and local students.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Duval County voters renewed the school district's 1-mill property tax on Nov. 3 by a wide margin. The measure received 257,483 yes votes, or 75.93%, to 81,629 no votes, or 24.07%, according to unoffi...
Nov. 13, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville University's flight team finished third overall at the 2026 SAFECON Region IX competit...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 8, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville University announced in mid-October that it has won a three-year National Security Age...
By Emil Gertjegerdes · Nov. 6, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A joint city and school district planning committee has approved moving forward with a plan to demo...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 5, 2026
ward Waters University Turns 160: Jacksonville Council Votes 19-0 to Honor the School Founded in 1866, at Its Current Si...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 3, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville's Cathedral Arts Project announced $3.95 million in new federal, state and philanthrop...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 3, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Enrolling a child in Duval County Public Schools involves two main steps: creating the student's di...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 1, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Duval County Public Schools has begun installing weapons detection systems at its elementary school...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 1, 2026
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Twenty-seven St. Johns County public schools have earned Florida's School of Excellence designatio...
By Emil Gertjegerdes · Oct. 29, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - All four of Northeast Florida's largest school districts earned an A from the state for the 2025-26...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Oct. 26, 2026
The first grading period is over, and the next stretch of the school year runs straight into the holidays. If you're pla...
By Emil Gertjegerdes · Oct. 19, 2026