Tag: Education
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Field Guide: What School District Woes Mean for City Heights
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 School Cluster \ˈskül\ \ˈkləs-tər\ n. A group of schools that have similar needs and feed into the same high school. Performance Improvement \pə(r)-ˈfȯr-mən(t)s\…
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Crawford on List of Possible Closures
By Kyla Calvert This week San Diego Unified staff members will start meeting with representatives from 10 of the district’s 16 clusters of schools. The district is hoping that closing or consolidating some of these schools could save about $5 million for the coming school year. A committee of district staff members has been meeting since January…
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Kids Who Grew Up In SDSU Shadow Come to Campus as Freshmen
By Kyla Calvert Out of the 4,000 San Diego State University freshmen who have just wrapped up their first week of classes, a very small group can say what Jessica Hernandez and Christian Castro do about their classmates. “It was pretty nice having a familiar face nearby,” Hernandez said of her first few days on…
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Tweet City Heights: Two More Join Race for Ninth Council District
By Megan Burks Attorney, Azalea Park Resident Join Race for District 9 We learned yesterday two more candidates have entered the race for District 9. Attorney Araceli Martinez and City Heights resident Katherine Eaton will run against Councilwoman Marti Emerald, who announced her bid last week. Martinez specializes in family law and is a member…
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Reduced Achievement Gap on High School Exit Exam
By Emily Alpert Latino and African-American students in San Diego Unified are gaining ground on the high school exit exam, chipping away at the achievement gap between students of different races and economic classes. Overall, more San Diego Unified sophomores passed the high school exit exam this year, according to new results released by the…