Tag: Education

  • School Discipline Changes Yield Big Drop in Expulsions

    By Megan Burks Expulsions at San Diego Unified schools are down nearly 60 percent. This time last year, school administrators had heard nearly 400 expulsion cases and handed down 134 of them. Students are recommended for expulsions and get a hearing before it’s made final. As of May 29, administrators had considered 178 expulsions and…

  • Nation’s School Districts Take a Seat at Crawford’s Table

    National school officials checked out Crawford High’s farm-to-table program April 9, 2015. | Video Credit: Matt Bowler By Matt Bowler Food service officials from 30 school districts from across the country on Thursday stopped by Crawford High School for lunch. The officials were there to learn about San Diego Unified School District‘s farm-to-school program. The…

  • The Learning Curve: A Guide to School Choice and Choosing Schools

    The Learning Curve is a weekly Voice of San Diego column answering reader questions about the school system. Email your questions to mario@vosd.org. Question: “School choice: How does the system work?” – Amy Redding, a San Diego Unified parent In addition to being a parent, Redding is also the chair of a district-level advisory committee.…

  • Suspensions, Expulsions Down In San Diego Schools

    A student runs up stairs at Monroe Clark Middle School in City Heights. | Photo Credit: Cecia, The AjA Project By Megan Burks A new law aiming to limit school discipline measures that take students out of class went into effect Jan. 1. But new data from the California Department of Education shows districts have…

  • City Heights Nonprofit Reality Changers Launches New Campaign

    The nonprofit that was founded in 2001 launched its “Give to the Future” campaign on Wednesday, and hopes to send 1,000 children to college at the end of this school year. By Dwane Brown For eight years, City Heights-based nonprofit Reality Changers has held its “State of the Inner City” address on the same day…