‘Quiet Coalition’ will air schools report tomorrow
Blog by Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego
The "quiet coalition" of philanthropists, business leaders and other community members that we wrote about last week is slated to release a new report tomorrow morning on the state of San Diego Unified schools. Its press release dubs San Diego Unified a "failing school system" in which two-thirds of fourth and eighth graders aren't performing on grade level. The group, which has been quietly talking about the possibility of adding four appointed members to the elected school board, put together a similar report last fall, made by University of San Diego researchers. (more...)