Jacksonville Public Education Fund

08/21/2026

We’re hiring! JPEF is seeking a highly organized, proactive, and tech-savvy professional to join our team as an Operations Associate/Manager and Executive Assistant.

This key role keeps our office running smoothly, provides high-quality support to executive leadership, and serves as an important connector among staff, board members, and community partners. The ideal candidate anticipates needs, solves problems, manages competing priorities and takes pride in helping a team do its best work.

Depending on the selected candidate’s experience and expertise, the position may be offered at the Associate or Manager level.

Interested in using your talents to support stronger public schools and student success in Jacksonville? Learn more and apply: https://ow.ly/G47a50ZCsxC

08/20/2026

Don't miss this opportunity to strengthen your leadership skills! Apply for Parents Who Lead and strengthen your voice, build leadership skills, and turn your ideas into action for children in our community. Apply today: https://ow.ly/GKJ650ZC2c5

08/20/2026

08/19/2026

Strong schools strengthen Jacksonville.

Join JPEF on Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. for a community forum on Duval County’s one-mill property tax referendum.

Learn how the funding supports teacher compensation, arts and athletics, and why attracting and retaining great educators matters to students, families, businesses and our entire community. Strong schools help prepare tomorrow’s workforce, support economic growth, and make Jacksonville a better place to live, work, and raise a family.

This decision affects all of us. Come get the facts, ask questions and learn what the referendum means for the future of our schools and our city.

Register today, and invite a friend, neighbor, or colleague to join you:
https://ow.ly/iijB50ZBytW

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08/19/2026

Every great solution starts with really understanding the problem. In this module of Parents Who Lead, parents learn how to move beyond frustration and actually diagnose what's going wrong, and then build a plan to fix it. It's leadership training that turns "someone should do something" into "here's what I'm going to do." You don't need to have all the answers. You just need to be willing to ask the right questions.

Applications for Parents Who Lead are open now on the JPEF website; apply by Aug. 21

Dr. Heidi Ashbaugh discovered how difficult it can be for parents t...

08/19/2026

ICYMI: Watch the full conversation from JPEF’s first One-Mill Referendum Forum to learn what the one mill funds, how it supports Duval County teachers and students, and what voters should know before Election Day.

Then join us for our next forum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 6 p.m. Bring your questions, hear from local leaders, and get the facts about an issue that will shape the future of public education in Duval County.

Watch the video, register for the next forum on the JPEF website, and share this post with your network.

The Jacksonville Public Education Fund hosted a forum on the 1-mill...

08/17/2026

There is still time to apply for Parents Who Lead, but the deadline is approaching! This free, 20-week leadership and advocacy program helps parents and caregivers strengthen their voices, understand how public systems work and turn their ideas into action for children. No previous leadership experience is required. Apply by August 21: https://ow.ly/7UEM50ZAzFw

08/14/2026

Every story time is a victory for Duval County mom Kenmeisha Brown.

Kenmeisha is strengthening her own reading skills while helping her children build theirs. Her story, shared by Action News Jax anchor Tenikka Hughes Action News Jax, puts a human face on intergenerational illiteracy, one of the leading barriers identified in JPEF’s research on early literacy in Duval County.

Breaking the cycle requires support for the whole family, from a child’s earliest years through adulthood. https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/duval-mom-works-break-cycle-intergenerational-illiteracy/3BAGM5GJLVGLFOBLFN7IT7IKAY/

Our thanks to the Rice Family Foundation for supporting this research and to Tenikka Hughes for sharing this inspiring story! Read more from the research brief on the JPEF website and visit Literacy Alliance of Northeast Florida for more on how they are helping build literacy skills.

An Action News Jax investigation explores efforts to support families and students in Duval County and introduces you to a mother working to break the cycle for her kids and herself.

08/13/2026

Happening tonight: we’re talking about the one mill teacher referendum and how it has changed teacher retention and vacancy rates since it was implemented in 2022 and the importance of renewing it on Nov 3.

08/13/2026

Join us tonight for the first of three community forums to discuss renewing the 1-mill property tax that supports teacher compensation. Thank you, WJXT4 The Local Station / News4JAX, for allowing us to talk about the issue and invite Duval County voters to attend! You can still register to attend in person or online by going to "events" on the JPEF website

Duval County voters will decide whether to extend a property tax that helps pay teachers' salaries. The 1-mill tax will be back on the ballot in November. Rachael Tutwiler Fortune, president of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund, joined us on The Morning Show to explain where the money goes and....