Voice of San Diego
September 21, 2009
Bringing Teaching for the Gifted to All Kids
Sandra Ruvalcaba isn't sure if she would have tapped Dominic Satterfield as a gifted child before. His reading was a little weak and he struggled with writing last year at Cabrillo Elementary in Point Loma. But when the teacher began to use strategies for gifted children with all of her students, Dominic suddenly seemed to stand out. He flourished.
North County Times
September 21, 2009
OCEANSIDE: Principal charged with grand theft
An Oceanside elementary school principal has been charged with nine felony counts of grand theft, authorities said Friday. The principal, Paulette Thompson, will be arraigned Tuesday on those nine counts and an additional felony related to improper use of personal identification information, said Steve Walker, deputy communications manager for the San Diego County District Attorney's Office. The charges were filed Aug. 28.
Voice of San Diego
September 18, 2009
Schoobrary Nonprofit Being Discussed
More news of the schoobrary: An education consultant is informally talking with the San Diego Library Foundation about creating a nonprofit that would run a charter school in the downtown library.
School Districts Floats List of Favored Zip Codes
San Diego Unified has drafted a list of high poverty zip codes whose residents will be considered first when construction companies hire workers under the district's $2.1 billion facilities bond.
KPBS-FM
September 18, 2009
In San Diego Unified, Are Adults the Problem?
SAN DIEGO ��� Today is the last day San Diego Unified School Superintendent Terry Grier will be working at district headquarters.
Voice of San Diego
September 17, 2009
Scripps Snags Fed Money for Science Ed
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography on Wednesday announced a new program that will put Scripps grad students in San Diego Unified middle and high school classrooms in an effort to bridge the science education gap.
'Let's Not Let This Opportunity Get Bogged Down'
San Diego Unified school board members Shelia Jackson and Richard Barrera are arguing that the school district has done enough to be eligible for a second batch of federal stimulus money, even if it does not follow Obama Administration requirements for winners to link teacher evaluations to test scores.
Feds: Online Classes Don't Always Need Teachers
San Diego Unified may have taken unnecessary steps to meet the No Child Left Behind rules on qualified teachers in its credit recovery program by assigning employees who never interacted with the students to be their official teachers, according to advice given by the U.S. Department of Education about the federal rules.
San Diego Union-Tribune
September 17, 2009
PTA drive targets parental involvement
SAN DIEGO ��� When the California PTA asked parents what one thing they would change about schools, the answer included a wish list of art and music education, additional books and an infusion of cash.
La Jolla Light
Sepember 16, 2009
Muirlands field project to start soon
An effort to raise $1.1 million to construct a new, synthetic turf field at Muirlands Middle School to serve a multisports complex to include La Jolla High has succeeded.
Voice of San Diego
September 16, 2009
Have Diploma, Can't Apply to College
Counselor Frank Zavala tries to break the news to high schoolers gently, but sometimes it's just too late. There's no way they can rack up the classes they need to even apply to the University of California system or the California State schools.
KPBS-TV
September 15, 2009
School Foundations Create Gap In Education Funding
JOANNE FARYON (host): Hello Everyone, I���m Joanne Faryon. Welcome to this Envision special ��� Education and the Million Dollar Bake Sale. Let���s begin with a quiz. How many students in your kids��� classroom? 20, 30, close to 40? It���s probably more than last year.
Voice of San Diego
September 15, 2009
Point Loma Weighs Idea of Going Charter
Parents are weighing the idea of splitting Correia Middle and other Point Loma schools from San Diego Unified as independent charter schools, which would free them to handle their own budgets, staffing and curriculum. The idea was tossed around at a parent foundation meeting in Point Loma, where parents and principals said they were weary of the nonstop turnover at the school district.
