Year: 2015
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San Diego Police Give Inside Look at Training to Deter Racial Profiling
Paul Alexander takes notes during a San Diego Police Department presentation on racial profiling June 20, 2015 at the Tubman Chavez Community Center in southeastern San Diego. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Every year the San Diego Police Department invites the public to experience what police recruits go through in the academy.…
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SDPD: Public Perceptions of Racial Profiling Can Be Wrong
Every year the San Diego Police Department invites the public to experience what police recruits go through in the academy. Video game-like simulators show them what it’s like to weave through traffic with sirens on and talk down a suspect with a knife. This year the department held one of its open house events in…
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San Diego Group Working to Increase Number of Latina Leaders
By Maureen Cavanaugh and Patty Lane Listen to the full KPBS Midday Edition conversation with Adela Garcia and Amanda Cheyney of MANA de San Diego. A first-of-its-kind program in San Diego is trying to encourage more Latinas to compete for leadership roles, whether in politics or business. Latina-elected officials and executives will be speaking in…
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San Diego Explained: How to Navigate Open Enrollment
Charter schools, your neighborhood school, others in the district – you’ve got a lot of options for where to send your child within the San Diego Unified School District. The district participates in the state’s “open enrollment” program, often called “school choice.” It gives you the freedom to pick a different school for your child to attend,…
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The Case Against Isolating English-Learners
Ángel Solorzano spoke so little English when he arrived at Kearny High he had to communicate with the school’s principal, Ana Diaz-Booz, through sign language. That’s not unusual for Diaz-Booz. The students who enter her school run the gamut in language skills. She gets those with a basic grasp of English, and those like Solorzano,…