Tag: Education

  • School Board Candidates Debate How To Serve City Heights, SE San Diego

    By Kyla Calvert Candidates for the San Diego Unified’s Board of Education outlined their visions for the school district at Knox Middle School Wednesday night. Marne Foster and William Ponder are vying to replace Sheila Jackson as the board’s representative for Sub District E, which covers the southeastern region of the city, including Skyline, Paradise…

  • City Heights Schools Ahead of the Curve on Teacher Evaluations

    This data revolution is a departure from those semiannual classroom visits by the principal. Reformers say such limited observations and subsequent evaluations have done nothing to boost student achievement. But they’re measures San Diego Unified is holding fast to, according to reporter Will Carless. Its leadership says “value-added metrics” are too risky to employ across…

  • Filner Wants Students to Ride City Transit for Free

    By Kyla Calvert Mayoral candidate and Congressman Bob Filner believes San Diego Unified students should be able to ride the bus or trolley to school for free. He joined other candidates in offering some specifics on what he would do to improve city schools as mayor. A monthly youth pass for San Diego’s buses and trolleys costs $36. That…

  • Getting to Know School Board Candidate Marne Foster

    School board candidate Marne Foster breaks out into Swedish a few minutes into our interview. It turns out she lived in Karlskrona, in southern Sweden, for a year while her mom, a dance program coordinator, ran a course at the local dance school. The experience gave her “the international bug,” she said, driving her to…

  • SDSU Greeks Encourage Somali Children To Pursue Higher Education

    By Dwane Brown It was a day of service for fraternity and sorority members from San Diego State University. This year’s beneficiary is a charter school — that primarily serves the Somalian community. It brought a record number of SDSU students together to encourage youngsters from Iftin Charter school to pursue a college degree, while…