Tag: SD Unified
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SD Unified Scores Go Up On National Exams, But Racial Gap Remains
By Kyla Calvert San Diego city students are generally out performing their peers on national math and reading tests, known as the National Assessments of Educational Progress, or NAEP, according to results released Wednesday. But a wide achievement gap in the district persists. Every two years, results on national tests of fourth- and eighth-grade math…
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SD Unified’s Lopsided Suspensions Ratio
By Mario Koran When Daniel Noriega was in the elementary school he cussed at teachers, he refused to do his work and he was sent home. Again and again. Between the sixth and eighth grades, Noriega, who’s now a sophomore at E3 Civic High, was suspended about two dozen times by his count. One teacher…
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Diversifying San Diego Unified Staff Gets Renewed Attention
By Kyla Calvert In 2012, the most recent data show, 68.8 percent of San Diego Unified teachers and administrators were white, 16.4 percent were Hispanic and 5.6 percent were African-American or black. Meanwhile, 23.3 percent of students were white, 46 percent were Hispanic and 10.8 percent were African-American or black. A recent slate of mostly…
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Cindy Marten On Common Core, Testing, New Funding Formula
By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh, and Peggy Pico San Diego’s new school superintendent is not just overseeing her first year running the county’s largest school district. She is also overseeing San Diego Unified School District’s transition to the new Common Core education standards. Plus, new guidelines will change how school testing is done. This school…
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Despite Overall Budget Increases, Principals Seeing Less Instructional Funding
Central Elementary School teacher Cindy Robinson, pictured in 2009, works with students in her kindergarten class. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Lisa Halverstadt Cutbacks are now the norm at San Diego Unified School District but unless you’re a parent or teacher at a school, it can be difficult to gauge the true impact of…