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Jakob McWhinney’s regional education roundup
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The Learning Curve: iHigh Was Just What her Child Needed. Now, It’s No Longer an Option
San Diego Unified’s iHigh Virtual Academy, which offered synchronous learning and swelled in size over the pandemic, was just what Shavoine Bradford’s son needed. Now, it’s no longer an option.
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The Learning Curve: Inside San Diego Unified’s New Area Supe Positions
San Diego Unified is moving forward with significant staffing changes that officials say are necessary because those positions aren’t the same anymore. Plus, UC San Diego’s troubles continue.
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The Learning Curve: Disputes About UCSD Student Worker Pay Continue
Graduate student workers and UC San Diego’s Scripps Institute of Oceanography are locked in a messy debate about pay and working hours.
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The Learning Curve: A Father’s Plight
A lack of childcare put a single father in a dire position. Plus, a firing at Point Loma Nazarene prompts outcry from the LGBTQ+ community.
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How a Free Class Prepares Students to Become American Citizens
Each year, the San Diego College of Continuing Education’s citizenship classes guide hundreds of students through the process of putting together citizenship applications and teach them what they need to know to pass their citizenship test.
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The Learning Curve: Understanding a Chronic Absenteeism Crisis
Every school that feeds into Logan Memorial’s high school has chronic absenteeism rates well above the district’s average. The school’s head counselor thinks there’s no “silver bullet” to solve the problem.
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The Learning Curve: What the Latest School Data Doesn’t Tell Us About Teachers
A change to the way the state reports teacher experience offers less insight into just how experienced teachers at each school are.
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Advocates ‘Livid’ After Local Assemblymember Pulls Bill to Help Black Students
Last February, Assemblymember Akilah Weber introduced AB 2774. The bill was something of a redux of efforts made by Weber’s mother, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, to improve the performance of Black students. The elder Weber introduced similar bills when she served in the same seat now occupied by…
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The Learning Curve: What Scares Me the Most About Being an Education Reporter
Guns are now the leading cause of death of children under 18, and the possibility of a school shooting is a reality that American children of all ages carry with them into the classroom each day.
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The Learning Curve: High Tech High’s Union (Almost) Has a Contract
The union successfully advocated for a neutral third party to have the final say on appealed firings, while the school’s leadership got the introductory period it wanted.
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The Learning Curve: One Parent’s Experience with San Diego Unified’s Transitional Kindergarten
Despite communication hiccups, Dana Cole is excited about her now 5-year-old son’s transitional kindergarten experience at San Diego Unified’s Foster Elementary.
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San Diego Unified Board Member Thinks Public Schools Should Replace Private Childcare Providers
Universal Transitional Kindergarten has siphoned the most profitable demographic of children from private childcare providers, weakening an industry already in crisis. San Diego Unified board member Richard Barrera thinks public schools should replace them altogether.
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