- Fact Check: More Teacher Voices on the School Board?
Statement: "Want to help San Diego schools? Get more accountability on the board? Get more teacher voices on the school board? Sign here," Jeff Smith, a professional signature collector, told potential voters about a proposal to expand the San Diego Unified board to include appointees, according to Union-Tribune article on Dec. 29.Determination: Misleading
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- Should Kids Be Free to Speak at School Board Meetings?
If you want to press a point at a school board meeting, it seems like there's no one better than a kid to do it. You've probably seen it. I sure have: A cherubic child steps up to the microphone, straining to reach it, and talks about how counselors or going to a magnet school has helped them.
But is it OK for kids to speak up at a public meeting if their parents haven't OK'd it? That is the question that the San Diego Unified school board is now asking. And it's a thorny question, one that the school district attorney says ties into the First Amendment and meeting laws allowing the public to speak up. Right now kids can sign up to speak like anyone else, with or without parent permission.
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- The Education Idea That Made a Splash
The people are hungry for algebra help!
Last week I got literally dozens of emails from readers who zeroed in on one of the seven most fascinating education ideas I ran across in San Diego schools: How Einstein Academy and its sister middle school changed the way they taught math tobetter prepare kids for algebra. And the emails are still flowing in.
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