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Author Archives: Jakob McWhinney

Jakob McWhinney is Voice of San Diego's education reporter.

He can be reached by email at jakob@vosd.org and followed on Twitter @jakobmcwhinney.

Subscribe to his newsletter The Learning Curve.

University of California San Diego in La Jolla on Feb. 14, 2023.
Posted inThe Learning Curve

The Learning Curve: Disputes About UCSD Student Worker Pay Continue

by Tianrui Huang and Jakob McWhinney April 26, 2023April 27, 2023
Board of Education in University Heights on Oct. 24, 2022.
Posted inEducation

San Diego Unified Is Vacating All Its Area Superintendent Positions

by Jakob McWhinney April 13, 2023April 12, 2023
Everest Frits Goosens, 7 years old, talks to his father Jared Goossens at Hardy Elementary School after being picked up from an after school program in the College area on April 5, 2023.
Posted inThe Learning Curve

The Learning Curve: A Father’s Plight

by Jakob McWhinney April 12, 2023April 13, 2023
Jared Goossens picks up his son Everest from an after school program at Hardy Elementary School in the College area on April 5, 2023.
Posted inEducation

How a Lack of After-School Care Defined a Single Father’s Life

by Jakob McWhinney April 10, 2023April 10, 2023
Children participate in an activity at Blossom Valley Elementary School in El Cajon on Nov. 28, 2022.
Posted inParent's Guide to San Diego Schools

Your Schools Guide Questions, Answered

by Jakob McWhinney and Andrea Lopez-Villafaña April 7, 2023April 7, 2023
Students work in pairs in front of a wall of photographs of former students who have successfully become citizens during a a March 20, 2023 citizenship class at the San Diego College of Continuing Education’s Mid-City Campus. / Photo by Ariana Drehsler
Posted inThe Learning Curve

How a Free Class Prepares Students to Become American Citizens

by Jakob McWhinney March 29, 2023March 29, 2023
Perkins Elementary School in Logan Heights on March 14, 2023.
Posted inEducation

Poverty and Education are Inextricably Linked

by Jakob McWhinney March 27, 2023March 27, 2023
Henry Cole, 5 years old, UTK student, walks to Stephen C. Foster Elementary School with his mother on Jan. 30, 2023.
Posted inEducation

San Diego Unified’s Chronic Absenteeism Crisis Is at its Worst in Lower Grades

by Jakob McWhinney March 23, 2023March 23, 2023
Head Counselor Juan "Wicho" Flores of the Logan Memorial Educational Campus sits in his office in Logan Heights on March 15, 2023.
Posted inEducation

The Learning Curve: Understanding a Chronic Absenteeism Crisis  

by Jakob McWhinney March 15, 2023March 15, 2023
Laura Rodriguez Elementary School in Logan Heights on March 10, 2023.
Posted inEducation

Of the 15 San Diego Unified Schools with the Most Chronic Absenteeism, 14 Are South of I-8 

by Jakob McWhinney March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

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