Tag: Education
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Latinos Hardest Hit by Community College Class Shortages
By Kyla Calvert Limited community college capacity could keep 2.5 million Californians out of the system over the next 10 years. The seat shortage is expected to fall hardest on Latino students, squeezing 840,000 out of the schools. Since 2007, San Diego Community Colleges have cut more than 2,600 class sections, Grossmont-Cuyamaca Colleges lost 1,600…
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‘Get Help, Not Guns’: Teen Producers PSA
As the nation cobbles together legislation to prevent tragedies like the Newtown shooting, youth in California are weighing in. Students throughout the state contributed to a video produced and circulated by The California Endowment that “demands a plan” to bring more social and mental health services to schools in an effort to solve gun violence.…
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More Than ‘A Feeling’: Cindy Marten on What Makes a Good School
By Will Carless Some community members were unnerved by the San Diego Unified school board’s sudden and unilateral pick of Cindy Marten as superintendent — including, apparently, Marten herself, she revealed at Tuesday night’s One Voice at a Time event. “Because the community was skipped, and it was done overnight, I’m not skipping the community…
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Youth Report: City Heights Petitions for Free Student Bus Passes
Amir Johnson, a youth reporter on the Media Arts Center‘s after-school news crew, put together this report on an effort bring free city bus passes to City Heights students. Mid-City CAN’s Improving Transportation in City Heights team began campaigning for the “youth opportunity passes” in 2011 after hearing from parents and students who said the…
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USDA Official Stops in City Heights to Promote Summer Lunch Program
Fay Elementary student Jamir, 10, tastes a kumquat from Sahu Subtropicals farm in Pauma Valley. He says it’s sour and won’t be eating another one. But thanks to a federal summer lunch program, he can eat other fresh fruit and vegetables when his school cafeteria is closed. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks…