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Bank of America Student Leader Katherine Carlo Summer Reflection
Bank of America’s Student Leaders program helps connect 225 community-minded high school juniors and seniors to employment, skills development and service. Partnerships with Communities In Schools of Jacksonville gives these young people a path for success and creates thriving local communities that champion opportunities for the next generation.This reflection was written by our Summer 2017 Bank…
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A Three Pronged Approach to Reducing the Dropout Rate
As recently as 2009, just 55.8 percent of Duval County students graduated high school. Today, the graduation rate is 72.1 percent, according to the Florida Department of Education. This substantial improvement is largely a result of the work of Communities In Schools of Jacksonville, a nonprofit organization that places educators and other professionals directly in…