Superintendent Recommends Ending AIM Program
On Thursday night, several board members told the Vanguard that they were caught off guard by a…
Analysis: School District Should Be Wary of Voter Angst
In the months following the volleyball scandal, the community seemed to have lost trust in the school…
Does Revised Proposal Clarify Differentiated Instruction?
On June 4, the Davis School Board passed a motion 4-1 that, in part, “(directed) the Superintendent…
In Their Own Words: Tom Adams
The Vanguard will be publishing the comments of each of the five school board members on the…
In Their Own Words: Madhavi Sunder
The Vanguard will be publishing the comments of each of the five school board members on the…
In Their Own Words: Barbara Archer
The Vanguard will be publishing the comments of each of the five school board members on the…
In Their Own Words: Susan Lovenburg
The Vanguard will be publishing the comments of each of the five school board members on the…
My View: What is Best For Our Kids?
In yesterday’s column, I laid out my continued concern about making changes that are not based on…
Commentary: Does District Really Need to Cut AIM Program in Half?
There has been a lot made about process in the issue of AIM program changes. From the…
Commentary: Does AIM Proposal Make Necessary Changes or Go Too Far?
To me the biggest problem that Tobin White identified and that the current AIM proposal fixes is…
Analysis: Five Questions About the AIM Proposal
There has been some pretty good discussion on the Vanguard about some of the pros and cons…
Sunday Commentary: AIM Proposal Will Fall Short of Consensus
Early this week the word started to emerge that the superintendent had put together an AIM proposal…
Superintendent Recommends a 98th Percentile, 63 Student, Two Classroom AIM Program
On Thursday, September 17, 2015, the DJUSD School Board will hear staff’s recommendations on changes to the…
Guest Commentary: Self-Contained GATE Is Needed
By Don Shor The Davis school board is about to consider significant changes to the gifted education…
My View II: Three Words to Eliminate in the GATE/AIM Discussion
The discussion of GATE and AIM and what to do about it in our local schools is…
Analysis: What is the Purpose of the GATE/AIM Program?
We have focused much of our attention in the last several weeks on process-oriented issues. However, while…
Analysis: Is GATE a Modern Day Segregation System?
One of the interesting things that came out of some of the public comment is the notion…
Vanguard Commentary: Why We Are Not Pursuing A Brown Act Complaint Against the District
On June 4, 2015, at approximately 11:30 pm Susan Lovenburg, from a prepared motion, put forth a…
Can We Bridge the GATE Divide?
We have primarily focused our reporting on the process issues related to how the Davis Joint Unified…
Sunday Commentary: Thursday’s Public Comment Illustrates the Importance of Proper Process
It may be argued that Thursday’s public comment vindicates the school board’s vote on June 4, but…
