Tag: Education

  • Class Sizes: ‘I Care Because Students Need to Learn’

    By Jena Olson As part of The AjA Project PhotoCity program, students at Crawford High School spent time using cameras to examine factors at their school that affect their overall health. This week we’re showcasing a photo essay by student Hawa, 18. She used her photo essay as an opportunity to highlight the issue of…

  • Gov. Brown’s Formula for Funding Neediest School Districts

    By Will Carless Now that the state’s budget deficit has been taken care of, Gov. Jerry Brown is on another mission. He wants to radically reform the way California school districts are funded, taking decision-making out of the hands of Sacramento bureaucrats and placing it under the purview of school district administrators. “We’re investing in…

  • Brown Proposes Restructuring School Funds to Benefit Low-Income Students

    By Kyla Calvert Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget would start five years of increases to California’s K-12 funding. It would bring an increase of $2.7 billion next year and dramatically change the way that funding is delivered. Much of the state’s school funding is now tied to specific programs, but under Brown’s proposal, districts would…

  • New SD School Board Member Sworn In

    New School Board representative Marne Foster | Photo Credit: Will Carless By Will Carless The San Diego Unified School District’s newest school board member, Marne Foster, was sworn in Monday night at an unusually festive school board meeting. Foster, who handily beat opponent Bill Ponder in November’s election, replaces Shelia Jackson as the board representative…

  • Tutoring Refugee Students and Parents

    The International Rescue Committee expands education programs with a grant from the San Diego Women’s Foundation. | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker, KPBS By Kyla Calvert Click here to listen to the report The school day was over at Marshall Elementary in City Heights and the campus was quiet, except for the clamor coming from about…