Tag: School Discipline

  • A New School of Thought on Discipline

    Photo Credit: Shutterstock By Mario Koran A report by the Harvard researchers who visited San Diego Unified says it best: The tough-on-crime, zero tolerance policies America used to fight the war on drugs in the past few decades shifted to schools. “Now, with 20 years of experience and insight into how this approach to school…

  • San Diego Unified’s Discipline Plan Exists – On a Shelf

    By Mario Koran The San Diego Unified School District disciplines black and Latino students more often and more harshly than other students, and “has been diligently working on addressing disproportionate suspensions rates” for years, said R. Vernon Moore, the district’s executive director of student services. Moore emailed me in response to this story highlighting racial…

  • Bill Would Limit Suspensions for ‘Willful Defiance’

    By Kyla Calvert Students can be suspended in California for 24 types of offenses. They include causing physical harm, bullying and theft. But 48 percent of the state’s suspensions during the 2011-12 school year were willful defiance or disruption. The state Assembly has passed a bill that would limit the use of willful defiance suspension…

  • Tweet City Heights: Large-Scale Public Market to Open in San Diego

    By Megan Burks Leases Set, Construction Started on San Diego’s Answer to Pike Place At press time, 961 people had signed on to help Catt White and Dale Steele bring a large-scale public market to San Diego. The pair posted the project on Kickstarter, an online platform used for crowdfunding, Aug. 8 and are nearing…

  • City Heights Students Learn by Running Their Own Micro City

    Haga click aquí para leerlo la en Español It’s a typical Wednesday afternoon for Veronica Lias’ fifth graders at Joyner Elementary School in City Heights. She’s reviewing everything the students have learned about the respiratory system before the test they’ll take the next day. “You breathe air in through your . . .” she prompts.…