Your biweekly update on the state of education in San Diego County schools. Every other Wednesday
The Learning Curve: Newsom’s Latest Budget Proposal Boosts Community Schools
The governor’s final budget proposal includes a big boost to school funding despite a cloudy economic outlook.
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The Learning Curve: What San Diego Unified’s Housing Workshop Will Look Like
After a surprise postponement, developers will present their proposals to the district’s trustees over two nights later this month.
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The Learning Curve: San Diego Unified’s Housing Journey
San Diego Unified is preparing to take an unprecedented leap into housing. Here’s how they got here, and where they may go next.
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The Learning Curve: Time’s Running Out for Grossmont Union Trustee Recall Effort
Months of scandal at Grossmont Union gave birth to a community-led effort to recall one of the district’s board members. Faced with a Monday deadline, organizers are doubtful they’ll have enough signatures but say this is just the beginning.
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The Learning Curve: San Diego Unified (Finally) Inks Agreement for Safe Parking
San Diego Unified’s board approved a licensing agreement with the San Diego Housing Commission to open a safe parking lot at the district’s now-vacant Central Elementary campus.
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The Learning Curve: Three San Diego Unified High Schools Transition to 4×4
After a 4×4 blowup at the district’s last board meeting, trustees were met with much more 4×4-curious school staff.
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The Learning Curve: San Diego Unified Kicks 4×4 Can Down the Road
After weeks of rocky meetings with school staff and parents, district officials’ plan to transition its high schools to a controversial new class schedule is on hold – for now.
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The Learning Curve: San Diego Unified May Reverse One K-8 Closure
San Diego Unified officials are considering walking back their plans to shut down middle school grades at one K-8 school, south of Interstate 8. Last week, we broke the news that San Diego Unified officials planned to shutter the middle school grades at four of the district’s K-8 schools. It…
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The Learning Curve: Is the ‘Manosphere’ Gobbling Up Young Men?
As social media continues to play an outsized role in young peoples’ lives, its toxic influence ripples into the classroom.
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The Learning Curve: High Performing Districts Not Spared from Enrollment Decline
Readers have hit me with a lot of theories about what’s driving public school enrollment decline. Fewer kids is still the reason.
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The Learning Curve: Another ICE Arrest Near a School
Wednesday’s arrest marks the latest of a parent trying to drop their child off at school. It may presage a significant change in how public schools treat students without legal status.
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The Learning Curve: Trump Admin Unfreezes (Some) Education Funding
The Trump administration unfroze a portion of the education grants it withheld from schools last month. They’re still $46 million short of what they thought they’d get.
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