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Audit Reveals Inaccuracies and Lack of Oversight in California’s Graduation...
Superintendent Cindy Marten delivers her State of the School District address. / Photo by Jamie Scott Lytle California’s high school graduation rate rose steadily between 2011 and 2016, but a new...
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What the Latest Grad Rate Report Really Says
The Learning Curve is a weekly column that answers questions about schools using plain language. Have a question about how your local schools work? Write me at maya@voiceofsandiego.org. San Diego...
View ArticleSo, Were We Wrong About San Diego Unified’s Grad Rate? (Hint: No.)
The communications team at San Diego Unified School District is quite excited about a new report from UC San Diego’s San Diego Education Research Alliance. The report is an update on the class of 2016,...
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Why Graduation Rates in San Diego — and Across California — Went Down
Mission Bay High School / Photo by Dustin Michelson Ever since a new countrywide method for tallying graduation rates went into effect in 2011, the U.S. government has been trumpeting rising graduation...
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Report Urges San Diego Unified to Track Students Who Leave Before Graduating
Image via Shutterstock At a June 2017 San Diego Unified school board meeting, then-board president Richard Barrera wanted to clear the air. “We’ve also had questions or criticisms regarding the...
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Good Schools for All: A Back-to-School Crash Course
Will Huntsberry is an education reporter for Voice of San Diego. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz Schools are back in session. Good Schools for All hosts Scott Lewis and Laura Kohn introduce Voice of San...
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The Learning Curve: San Diego Unified Ranks ‘High’ in Chronic Absenteeism
Central Elementary had one of the highest chronic absenteeism rates in San Diego Unified for the 2017-2018 school year. / Photo by Dustin Michelson The era of big data in education is evolving. It...
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VOSD Podcast: A ‘Crime’ at City Hall, and the Hunt for Leakers
Things got tense at City Hall this week.Earlier this week, when four San Diego City Council members asked Council President Myrtle Cole to docket a discussion about declaring the land under and around...
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District Admits Pushing Struggling Students Toward Charters
This post has been updated.Students who began as part of San Diego Unified’s class of 2016 but who left district high schools and transferred to a charter school had a combined grade point average of...
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Documents Reveal How San Diego Unified Urges Struggling Students to Find New...
Genesees Romero knew she was struggling at Patrick Henry High, even before the guidance counselor called her into the office. With nearly 2,400 students, the school was just too big, Romero said. She...
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