Tag: Education
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What We Talk About When We Talk About the Achievement Gap
By Mario Koran San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten has a dream. A dream where one day all students will have equitable access to educational opportunities, no matter the color of their skin. Where they will be judged not by the score of their tests, but by what they can contribute to society. But for…
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Monroe Clark Middle Goes Green With Campus Garden
A new community garden at Monroe Clark already is bearing fruit…er, vegetables.| Photo Credit: Christina Chomut By Julia Richardson Haga clic aquí para leerlo en Español At first glance, photography and gardening may not appear to have much in common. But at Monroe Clark Middle School in City Heights, an effort aimed at having students…
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Second Opinion: Do Student Health Center Fees Satisfy the Individual Mandate?
Graduate student Laura Rengstorf can get most of her health needs taken care of on campus for a small fee. Does that count as health coverage under the Affordable Care Act?| Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Second Opinion is a weekly Q-and-A series that answers questions from San…
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Mid-City Charter Schools Among 39 Campuses in Traffic Pollution Danger Zone
Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Joel Hoffman Along major roadways that connect the sprawling limits of San Diego County, 39 schools lie within 500 feet of smog-filled traffic corridors, a distance that air-pollution researchers believe significantly increases the risk of pediatric asthma and other respiratory illnesses. Click here for a map of the schools Below…
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Diversifying San Diego Unified Staff Gets Renewed Attention
By Kyla Calvert In 2012, the most recent data show, 68.8 percent of San Diego Unified teachers and administrators were white, 16.4 percent were Hispanic and 5.6 percent were African-American or black. Meanwhile, 23.3 percent of students were white, 46 percent were Hispanic and 10.8 percent were African-American or black. A recent slate of mostly…