Board Addresses Achievement Gap at Latest Meeting
By Nicholas von Wettberg Under California’s current student-weighted educational funding policy, known as the Local…
Sunder Discusses Achievement Gap
By Madhavi Sunder Editor’s note: The Vanguard submitted questions to all five of the school board members…
Tom Adams on AIM and the Achievement Gap
In the aftermath of the implementation of AIM reforms enacted in November, with a recent update showing…
Fernandes and Archer Discuss AIM Reform and Achievement Gap
In the aftermath of the implementation of AIM reforms enacted in November, with a recent update showing…
Lovenburg Talks about AIM Reform and the Achievement Gap
In the aftermath of the implementation of AIM reforms enacted in November, with a recent update showing…
Monday Morning Thoughts: How Should We Find the Right Superintendent?
Superintendent Winfred Roberson probably lasted longer than many superintendents. Like all human beings, he had his strengths…
Monday Morning Thoughts II: Is Race or Diversity a Red Herring?
The school district, in a way, has a conundrum. On the one hand, as they finally made…
Board Hopes LCAP Will Help Narrow the Achievement Gap
By Nicholas von Wettberg The Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Education was missing two…
Yolo County Superintendent and Coalition Push Quality Preschool For All in 2016
Last week in looking at factors causing the Davis school achievement gap, we cited the problem that…
Analysis: Data Problem Huge Impediment to Tackling the Achievement Gap
Back in late September, the DJUSD School Board announced they had “unanimously agreed upon two areas for…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Could Universal Preschool Be a Key to the Achievement Gap?
First, I want to applaud the DJUSD School Board for prioritizing the achievement gap at their last…
School Board Prioritizes Achievement Gap During Retreat
Late on Saturday afternoon, Superintendent Winfred Roberson sent an email to the Vanguard and the Enterprise, indicating,…
Property Values and Quality of Education Will Decrease If School Board Has Their Way
by Alicia Sullivan My husband and I work at a pharmaceutical company in Vacaville. When our family…
Analysis: What Jann Murray-Garcia Teaches Us on the GATE/AIM Issue
I want to start my analysis of her latest column by stating that, of all of the…
Don’t blame the Achievement Gap on AIM
By Alicia Silva At the June 4th School Board Meeting, a group of researchers who had volunteered…
Is School District Making Progress with More Diverse Hiring of Teachers?
DJUSD Believes It has Made Slight Progress on Hiring Teachers of Color, Incorporating Values of Diversity into…
Local Data Shows Same Racial Gap on Suspensions, Calls for Reform
The national discourse on police stops has focused discussion on issues such as racial profiling and distrust…
Adams on Achievement Gap and Common Core
Editor’s Note: The Vanguard received no response from Tom Adams to our question last week on the…
Special Commentary: Unaddressed Problems For Children of Color in DJUSD
In the last week, the Vanguard asked the school board candidates to respond to a question on…
Working Together to Close the Achievement Gap
by Madhavi Sunder Over the last handful of months, I have sought to educate myself about the…
