JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Duval County Public Schools was recently awarded the District Summer Learning Initiative grant through the Walmart Foundation in the amount of $750,000 over two years to serve 800 youth in the 2012 Superintendent’s Summer Academy Programs. At a time when school districts around the country are curtailing summer learning programs in response to budget cuts, the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) received a $4 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to provide more than 7,000 summer learning opportunities for middle school students.

Jacksonville, FL –Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) recently developed and launched its own iBook that can be downloaded for free from the iTunes App Store. iBooks is an e-book application developed by Apple that allows individuals to download books to read on their Apple iPad. DCPS is the first known k-12 institution to utilize this resource and offer this tool to parents, students and the community.