As money from the federal stimulus bill trickles out to schools in San Diego County, districts are being urged to devise new and innovative reforms -- a sticky prospect for schools that have been squarely focused on the dismal business of simply staying intact.
KNSD-TV
There's an interesting and intensifying dilemma on the hands of decision makers at the San Diego Unified School District: Lengthen the school year or shorten the school year?
Voice of San Diego
Researchers Put Price Tag of Dropouts at $534 Million
Downtown Charter School to Close
Why a Longer School Year?
Back with a Vengeance
SAN DIEGO - The port of San Diego, the school district and the Metropolitan Transit System will share $4.8 million in community preparedness grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Wednesday.
Ana Tintocalis
The new U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke to thousands of school board members attending a national conference in San Diego over the weekend. The event was a chance for Duncan to talk about the educational priorities of the Obama administration. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.
SAN DIEGO — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan yesterday urged thousands of school board members from across the country to find the courage and political will to help reform an American school system that lags behind those in China and India.
SAN DIEGO — Forget mystery meat.
San Diego school cafeterias are kicking it up a notch next year with new gourmet dishes that were recently taste-tested by young food critics.
San Diego Union-Tribune
April 4, 2009
First-rate researchers
Science fair's winners will move to the next level
BALBOA PARK — If the future will be decided by young minds like the winners at the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair, fear not. The future is in good hands.
Pacific Beach Elementary will have to share a principal with another small elementary school of less than 500 students if a plan adopted by the San Diego Unified School District’s (SDUSD) board of trustees comes to fruition. Twenty schools across the district face sharing principals.
Beach & Bay Press poll
April 9, 2009
Online poll through April 9
Should the San Diego Unified School District follow through on plans to cut busing to magnet schools like Barnard Elementary School?
69% Yes
31% No
