Tag: Education

  • Puppets, Marching Band Welcome City Heights Students

    Sixth graders from Monroe Clark Middle School in City Heights marched with colorful flags and handmade masks to great incoming students at Rosa Parks Elementary School two blocks away, July 9, 2013. | Photo Credit: Kyla Calvert By Kyla Calvert Sixth graders holding colorfully painted flags and handmade masks waited eagerly on the athletic field…

  • United Way, SD Food Bank Partner to Preserve Reading Skills This Summer

    By Dwane Brown More than 25 percent of San Diego County fourth graders cannot read proficiently and studies show reading skills are lost over the summer, especially among children who don’t have access to books at home. That’s why two San Diego organizations are joining forces to make a difference. Every summer, the United Way…

  • Despite Overall Budget Increases, Principals Seeing Less Instructional Funding

    Central Elementary School teacher Cindy Robinson, pictured in 2009, works with students in her kindergarten class. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Lisa Halverstadt Cutbacks are now the norm at San Diego Unified School District but unless you’re a parent or teacher at a school, it can be difficult to gauge the true impact of…

  • SD Unified Narrows Racial Gap on AP Tests

    By Kyla Calvert San Diego Unified was one of just six large urban school districts across the country to make progress in narrowing the gap between black and white students who take and pass Advanced Placement exams, according to a report from The Broad Foundation that was released Tuesday. The number of students of taking…

  • Students Map a Future for Themselves and Their Neighborhood

    What if you could tell city planners exactly what you would like to see fixed on the streets you walk and drive on every day? A project in City Heights is giving residents the opportunity to do just that. And KPBS education reporter Kyla Calvert takes us to a classroom where high school students are…