Category: News
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Marten Goes All In on the Achievement Gap
By Mario Koran At a recent San Diego Unified school board meeting, Superintendent Cindy Marten stepped forward and unceremoniously dropped a bomb: The district has broken the promises of equity it made to schools and children, she said. To make it right, San Diego needs a three-pronged approach to closing the achievement gap. In its…
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City Heights Schools Look to Share Attendance Success
Edison Elementary School has higher attendance rates and outperforms other City Heights Schools. Efforts to help parents get their children to school on time could be one reason. | Video Credit: Katie Schoolov, KPBS By Kyla Calvert When a student came to Principal Derek Murichson’s office at Edison Elementary in City Heights and handed him…
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That Other Time SDPD Used Body Cameras
A San Diego Police Department officer makes a traffic stop on Imperial Avenue. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Liam Dillon San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne’s big reveal at last week’s City Council committee hearing on racial profiling was a request to outfit patrol officers with body cameras. Video and audio tapes of police…
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City Heights Square Mini Park Opens
A new mini-park designed for adults opened in City Heights, with plenty of open space and public art. | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker By Dwane Brown A new mini-park opened today in City Heights — a neighborhood where green space and recreation areas are in short supply. The 5,300-square-foot park is located on 43rd Street…
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Recruiting a Police Force That Looks Like San Diego
Benjamin Kelso, head of the local Black Police Officers Association. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Lisa Halverstadt Law enforcement experts and community leaders often say a police department should look like people in the neighborhoods they serve. San Diego’s police force isn’t quite there yet. Racial breakdowns going back to 2010 show the department…