Economic Development Series: Impact of Public Schools on a Community’s Economic Development
By Bob Poppenga The relationship between public schools and local economic development is often overlooked in community…
Assemblymember Dodd Lays Out Legislative Priorities
By Vanguard Editorial Board On Thursday March 17, the Editorial Board for the Davis Vanguard met with…
Making the Local Control Funding Formula Work
By David Sapp While students, parents, faculty and school staff gear up for the excitement of a…
Bipartisan Plan Would Help Restore Control to School Board
This week a bipartisan coalition of legislators held a press conference to announce SB 799, sponsored by…
Wolk Receives Endorsement from Torlakson
On Monday, Davis Mayor Dan Wolk announced in a press release that he has received the endorsement…
Wolk Addresses Questions About His Assembly Candidacy
With the announcement in mid-July that Bill Dodd would run for the State Senate, less than a…
Yamada Figures to Be A Formidable Candidate For Senate
In 2008, then-Yolo County Supervisor Mariko Yamada faced long odds in the battle for the open Assembly…
Guest Commentary: School Board’s AIM Decisions Create More Problems than They Solve
by Debbie Nichols Poulos In 2014, California’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) legislation redistributed state funding from…
Sunday Commentary: State Schools Race Wake Up Call For Democrats
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson paid a late visit to Davis on Thursday to rally…
Torlakson Tied in the Polls, Comes to Davis to Inspire the Troops, Warns of Threat to Public Education
If Tom Torlakson was jolted by the news earlier in the day that he was in a…
Developing the Whole Child: The Vital Role of Art and Music Education
By Madhavi Sunder In our current technological age, it is easy to neglect the arts as an…
Are We Losing our Good American Life? (Part 2)
By Jeff Boone Previously I wrote that technology and government are the co-conspirators in a giant spiral…
Are We Losing our Good American Life?
By Jeff Boone Like other parents, what primarily motivates me and keeps me up at night is…
California Budget Deal Signed Just Before Deadline
A budget deal was reached on Sunday night, about six hours before the deadline that in the…
DJUSD Rolls Out Strategic Plan
(Editor’s note: the following is a press release from the school district) Plan is foundation for reducing…