SAN DIEGO–The state’s second-largest school district has announced plans to save the remainder of the academic year, while continuing efforts to protect staff, students and their families from the COVID-19 pandemic.  San Diego Unified will return to instruction next month to guarantee students an opportunity to successfully complete the current academic year, even as physical […]

OCEANSIDE–Applications for the City of Oceanside 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship program are now available on the city’s website, at local high schools, and at the Oceanside Public Library.  Any graduating high school senior that lives in Oceanside that will attend college after graduation is eligible to apply, regardless of what high school the […]

SAN DIEGO–In recognition of Gun Violence Prevention Week, the San Diego Unified School District will send families of its more than100,000 students information on a new city law requiring anyone keeping guns in their home to secure their firearms, under a resolution going before the Board of Education Tuesday. San Diego Unified is collaborating with […]

SAN DIEGO–Chollas Mead Elementary School looks a little sweeter this week, thanks to hundreds of Ben and Jerry’s Scoop Shop owners. On Jan. 10, hundreds of Ben and Jerry’s franchisees descended on Chollas Mead to help beautify the campus in an effort to practice co-founder Ben Cohen’s pledge that “business has the responsibility to give […]

(Newswise)–With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the University of California San Diego and San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) are building a pipeline of successful undergraduate and graduate students, resulting in a new generation of leaders who will reshape the value and meaning of an education in the humanities in the 21st century. […]

SAN DIEGO–Every student in San Diego County deserves to have a safe and nurturing educational environment, free of sexual and physical abuse.  But when that kind of abuse does happen, it’s critical that students, parents and teachers have a trusted way to report it. And, prosecutors say, it’s even more important that those reports don’t […]

(Newswise)–David Cheresh, distinguished professor and vice chair of pathology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, will be able to continue his research into cancer’s ability to overcome stress, gain drug resistance and metastasize thanks to a $4.2 million Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Cancer Institute. Cheresh’s research is one of […]

SAN DIEGO–(PRNewswire)–Staff and students of Webster Elementary School recently accepted a $5,000 education grant from the Barona Band of Mission Indians. Located in one of the most culturally diverse neighborhoods of San Diego, as a Title 1 school, 100% of Webster Elementary School’s students are enrolled in the free lunch program. Unfortunately, the community of […]

(Newswise)–The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) announced that UC San Diego Health has earned 2019 CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired award as a certified level eight organization. The Most Wired program conducts an annual survey to assess how effectively health care delivery organizations apply core and advanced technologies to improve health and care in […]