Tag: Education

  • School Brings the Family Dinner Table Into the Classroom

    By Megan Burks and Brian Myers One by one, students in Jennifer Garfinkel’s third grade class shuffled into seats around tables set with plates and cutlery. They’re the same classroom tables where students unpacked pencils and paper earlier in the day to work. At noon, the work surfaces become dining tables with a little disinfectant…

  • School Closures Off the Table, But Crawford Consolidation Stays

    Paradise Hills students Joeffry Garcia and Allan Andrada Jr. were first in line for the meeting where trustees were set to discuss the districts financial woes and the possibility or school closures. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson, voiceofsandiego.org By Kyla Calvert   Under a plan approved unanimously by board of education members Tuesday night, San…

  • Immigrant Students Get Crash Course in Being American High Schoolers

    By Kyla Calvert The morning English lesson in Gwen Osgard’s classroom at Crawford High School is coming to an end and 17-year-old Phu Nguyen is practicing reading. Nguyen arrived in the United States from Vietnam in May. So far, she’s liking her classes here more. “Yeah, I like school. It’s good. I’m happy,” she says.…

  • Trustees Call to Halt School Closures Talk

    Dana Middle School teacher Michelle Brown passionately told school board member Scott Barnett that she worried he was “trying to put cuts on the backs of teachers.” The conversation came following a press conference in which he called for the district to halt a proposal to close some schools. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By…

  • Field Guide: New Developments in Council Race, Schools and Clinics

    By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX Field Guide Archive: The Refugee Paradox Legislative Session a Boon or Bust for City Heights? Housing Services Gap The Campaign Trail What School…