(Newswise)–Longtime University of California San Diego supporter Buzz Woolley has pledged $1.6 million over the next three years to fund an innovative new initiative that will significantly expand the region’s engineering and technical workforce. Woolley’s support will help initiate a partnership between UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering and UC San Diego Extension to […]

SACRAMENTO–As California schools consider best practices for reopening in the fall, they must address the fact that too many have found unacceptable levels of lead in their drinking water. CALPIRG released an updated interactive map with results reported from schools.  More than 2,100 school drinking water fountains tested positive for lead at 1,300 schools in […]

SAN DIEGO–It is history in the making for Mission Valley, as years of planning come to life with the start of construction on the neighborhood’s first public elementary school.  Located at the corner of Via Alta and Civita Boulevard, a new preschool through fifth-grade campus will serve residents living in the Civita residential development, as […]

San Diego–The San Diego Unified Board of Education will vote on a resolution recognizing Juneteenth as a holiday “to be observed every year, as a day of celebration of the past, present, and future of Black resilience, culture, and liberation” at its meeting on Tuesday. Under the resolution sponsored by Board President Dr. John Lee […]

SAN DIEGO–The San Diego Unified Board of Education will vote on a resolution recognizing Juneteenth as a holiday “to be observed every year, as a day of celebration of the past, present, and future of Black resilience, culture, and liberation” at its meeting on June 23. Under the resolution sponsored by Board President Dr. John […]

SAN DIEGO–Coinciding with Day of the Teacher and National Teacher Appreciation Week, the San Diego Unified School District will honor its 2020 Teachers of the Year while celebrating its some 6,000 teachers throughout the week. Three outstanding educators have been named San Diego Unified Teachers of the Year at the elementary, middle and high school […]

SAN DIEGO–The San Diego Unified School District announced nearly 90 percent of students have connected to Distance Learning since the start of the soft launch period on April 6.  Students and teachers will begin formal graded online instruction on April 27. Student connectivity is based on the number of individually identified students logging in to […]

SAN DIEGO–After over 7 years teaching local students coding in after-school programs and camps, San Diego startup, ThoughtSTEM, was in the process of starting a nonprofit, MetaCoders, to handle all of its in-person education programs.  MetaCoders was set to take on the hundreds of students that ThoughtSTEM teaches computer science to each week, so that […]

SAN DIEGO–At its first regular meeting since COVID-19 forced school closures effective March 16, the San Diego Unified Board of Education approved critical initiatives to help students, employees and schools continue to function amid this pandemic. At the meeting conducted remotely in accordance with social distancing protocols, the board unanimously approved the following items:  Hazard […]

SAN DIEGO–Appearing with the State Board of Education Chair Linda Darling-Hammond, San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten assured families students will get credit for the work they’ve done, and the work to come.  The pair took questions from journalists, parents and teachers during a live CalMatters interview program designed to explain the state’s education response […]