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Reforms urged to stabilize San Diego Unified
- 07-21-2010
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By Pat Flynn/San Diego Union-Tribune
Backed by a critical study of city schools’ performance, a coalition of civic leaders is calling for a change in how the San Diego Unified School District is governed. The study, by the Center for Education Policy and Law at the University of San Diego, found that up to half of the district’s elementary and middle school pupils do not read or do math at grade level. In addition, the study, which examined the period from 2002-03 through the 2008-2009 school year, found that 80 percent of students of color, low-income students and English-language learners do even worse and fail to reach proficiency in math and reading. (more...)
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