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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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • World Refugee Day Event Moves To A Changing El Cajon

    A video previews the San Diego Refugee Forum’s World Refugee Day celebration on June 20, 2015. | Courtesy of the San Diego Refugee Forum By Megan Burks El Cajon is quickly becoming San Diego’s new refugee hub, and for the first time the city hosted the region’s annual World Refugee Day celebration Saturday. Since 2001,…

  • San Diego Faith Leaders React to Charleston Shooting

    By Megan Burks San Diego’s faith leaders are taking extra care with their sermons for the weekend following the fatal shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C. Their message isn’t one of pain – or about race, even. Those who spoke with KPBS said the conversation should focus, instead, on how poverty and broken systems…