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Longtime Challenge Enterprises and Timucuan Foundation leaders to retire, OneJax humanitarians named in latest Northeast Florida nonprofit news.

Smaller classes do not seem to improve NAEP scores

Jacksonville, Fla. — The Arc Jacksonville today announced the launch of a three-year pilot program to aid individuals with intellectual differences who face the challenges of Alzheimer's disease and dementia on the First Coast, as well as their caregivers. Specialized Aging Support –– Dementia Services for People with Intellectual and Developmental Differences has been made

Advanced degrees in education do not improve teaching qualityrelative to English, Math, Science degrees.

Photograph by Stu Rosner The ambulance rolls onto a treeless street in Boston, stopping at a triple-decker across from a defunct bar and an asphalt lot. The medical team greets Crystal, exiting the house with her son in a baby carrier, and helps them inside the tight, cozy space. It’s Jasiah’s four-month exam, and because Crystal has missed several appointments, physician Eileen Costello ’80, chief of ambulatory pediatrics at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has come to her. Crystal is part o...