Category: News
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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,…
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Many Parents Avoiding City Heights Schools
San Diego Unified School District’s trustees are having a workshop Tuesday to discuss why some schools are having trouble persuading the neighbors around them to enroll their kids. For the sixth straight year, enrollment in district-run schools (not charters) is projected to go down in the 2015-2016 school year. Superintendent Cindy Marten has often talked about…
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Using ‘Darkness’ to Shed Light On Racial Profiling Claims
With cell phone videos, cop cams and federal audits, law enforcement agencies now have an unprecedented amount of data on their officers. But are they making sense of it? San Diego’s police department has long said ITS data can’t tell us much about racial profiling. Now, independent researchers are taking a stab at it, and…