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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Texting while driving
Yes, I confess I’m one of those idiots who has texted while driving — a practice that has now been banned.
I imposed a personal ban on texting while driving a few weeks ago, and believe it or not, there IS an SUSD angle to this anecdote.
After the seven-hour board meeting Sept. 8, [...]
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More on Geoffrey Canada
Earlier this week I linked to an interview with NYC educator Geoffrey Canada. I wouldn’t go on about this if it wasn’t relevant and applicable locally to the local poor. Below, in two parts, are an Oprah Winfrey profile on and interview with him, for those interested in hearing more:
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Stagg High goes old school
Stagg High is slated to hold a homecoming parade along the Miracle Mile at 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 26. It’s the first time the school has done this in a quarter century, but may become an annual event again. More details next week.
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Lincoln admins moving to SUSD (updated)
Stockton Unified has had a void in upper-level management for a long time. But that’s starting to change, and in a couple of cases, SUSD has focused its talent search on Lincoln Unified.
SUSD has hired Tully Knoles principal Kirk Nicholas as an assistant superintendent of elementary education. What’s notable here is that Tully [...]
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An interesting, relevant interview on "Fresh Air"
Perhaps the best interview program around is “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross, which airs on National Public Radio and can be heard in these parts at 9 a.m. Monday through Friday on 91.3 FM.
Monday, “Fresh Air” tackled education. You can read about the program and listen to the 36-minute interview here. The guests [...]
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Grand jury response
The stormy Stockton Unified board meetings have been frequently chronicled here, and not just by me. So it’s time to give credit where it’s due; the board held a reasonably civil and productive 210-minute special meeting Thursday night, slogged through the grand jury report, and finalized a response. Sure, there were disagreements, but it [...]
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Video from Tuesday night
For those who weren’t there — or those who’d like to relive it — here’s some video from Tuesday night’s seven-hour board meeting. Trustees Bill Ross and Sarah Bowden (with brief remarks by Dan Castillo and Ross consulting with attorney Gregory P. Goehring):
Here’s Superintendent Tony Amato discussing the reading program Success For [...]
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A case study of one truant
First of all, and I am not sure how it happened or who’s to blame, but somehow in today’s article on the SUSD anti-truancy initiative, the phone number in the print edition was wrong. It’s (209) 462-5277.
Beyond that, as usual on a story like this, only a fraction of the reporting made it [...]
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Public forum set for SUSD board candidates