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Granda on GATE/AIM

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 19, 2014
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Granda on GATE/AIM

Jose Granda submitted his response to the GATE/AIM Vanguard Question. The other responses were published ...

Jose Granda submitted his response to the GATE/AIM Vanguard Question. The other responses were published on Friday. Question #4: Have you been involved in the GATE/AIM Committee Meetings? If so, wha ...

October 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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School Board Candidate Question #4: GATE/ AIM

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2014
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School Board Candidate Question #4: GATE/ AIM

Question #4: Have you been involved in the GATE/AIM Committee Meetings? If so, what has been your involve ...

Question #4: Have you been involved in the GATE/AIM Committee Meetings? If so, what has been your involvement? How do you view the current state of the GATE/AIM program, and what would be your interes ...

October 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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No Election For Alan Fernandes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 15, 2014
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No Election For Alan Fernandes

Alan Fernandes was appointed by the School Board in early May. By state law, the vacancy created in early ...

Alan Fernandes was appointed by the School Board in early May. By state law, the vacancy created in early March, when Nancy Peterson resigned, had to be filled within sixty days or the county would be ...

October 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Respect for All in Davis Classrooms

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 14, 2014
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Respect for All in Davis Classrooms

By Madhavi Sunder Schools must be safe spaces for children of all races, and for LGBT children. As School ...

By Madhavi Sunder Schools must be safe spaces for children of all races, and for LGBT children. As School Board Trustee, I will work to my utmost to ensure that all our children feel valued and respec ...

October 14, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Tom Adams on Race and Climate Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2014
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Tom Adams on Race and Climate Issues

On Friday, we posted the majority of responses on our third weekly question to school board candidates. ...

On Friday, we posted the majority of responses on our third weekly question to school board candidates. It turns out getting answers from seven candidates is a bit like herding cats. So on Saturday ...

October 13, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Analysis: The Race for Third for School Board?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2014
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Vanguard Analysis: The Race for Third for School Board?

A few weeks ago, we handicapped the school board race and argued that Madhavi Sunder and Barbara Archer w ...

A few weeks ago, we handicapped the school board race and argued that Madhavi Sunder and Barbara Archer were the prohibitive front runners. We don’t have available polling data so we make use of a bun ...

October 12, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Additional Responses on School Climate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2014
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Additional Responses on School Climate

Yesterday we posted the majority of responses on our third weekly question to school board candidates. T ...

Yesterday we posted the majority of responses on our third weekly question to school board candidates. Today we have Chuck Rairdan's response and Tom Adams is supposed to send us one as well. We ask ...

October 11, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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School Board Candidates Address School Climate Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2014
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School Board Candidates Address School Climate Issues

In the third of the Vanguard’s weekly questions to school board candidates, we ask the following: On Dece ...

In the third of the Vanguard’s weekly questions to school board candidates, we ask the following: On December 1, 2012, residents from Davis and across the region attended a Davis Human Relations Commi ...

October 10, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: Stop Looking at Volunteer Record When Evaluating School Board Candidates

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2014
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Sunday Commentary II: Stop Looking at Volunteer Record When Evaluating School Board Candidates

We should have learned our lessons by now, but it doesn’t seem that we have. On October 7, 2012, the Ente ...

We should have learned our lessons by now, but it doesn’t seem that we have. On October 7, 2012, the Enterprise wrote, “Peterson is the perfect blend of experience and heart. She has demonstrated thro ...

October 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Enterprise Also Endorses Archer, Adams, Sunder for DJUSD School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2014
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Enterprise Also Endorses Archer, Adams, Sunder for DJUSD School Board

The Sacramento Bee and Davis Enterprise apparently agree on which three candidates should lead the DJUSD ...

The Sacramento Bee and Davis Enterprise apparently agree on which three candidates should lead the DJUSD School District. Yesterday we learned that the Bee had endorsed Tom Adams, Barbara Archer, and ...

October 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Bee Endorses Three For School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2014
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Bee Endorses Three For School Board

A few weeks ago, the Vanguard analyzed the school board race and concluded that at that time it was essen ...

A few weeks ago, the Vanguard analyzed the school board race and concluded that at that time it was essentially a race for third. Nothing has happened to change that view and the question will become, ...

October 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Adams on Achievement Gap and Common Core

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2014
| (6) Comments

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 Achievem ...

Editor’s Note: The Vanguard received no response from Tom Adams to our question last week on the Achievement Gap and this week on Common Core. The Vanguard reached out to a mutual contact and learned ...

October 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard School Board Question #2: Common Core

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 03, 2014
| (27) Comments

Vanguard School Board Question #2: Common Core

In the second of five weekly questions, the Vanguard asked: What do you know of Common Core? How is Comm ...

In the second of five weekly questions, the Vanguard asked: What do you know of Common Core? How is Common Core being implemented in Davis? What do you think should be done to further implement Comm ...

October 03, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Meet the School Board Candidates (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 02, 2014
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Meet the School Board Candidates (Video)

Thanks to Davis Media Access who invited each of the seven candidates for school board for the three four ...

Thanks to Davis Media Access who invited each of the seven candidates for school board for the three four year seats to make statements up to five minutes in length. Tom Adams Barbara Archer Jose Gran ...

October 02, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Working Together to Close the Achievement Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2014
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Working Together to Close the Achievement Gap

by Madhavi Sunder Over the last handful of months, I have sought to educate myself about the challenges t ...

by Madhavi Sunder Over the last handful of months, I have sought to educate myself about the challenges that our students and educators face by touring each of the 20 schools in our district—from the ...

September 28, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Expanded Thoughts on Narrowing the Achievement Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 27, 2014
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Expanded Thoughts on Narrowing the Achievement Gap

by Bob Poppenga The educational “achievement gap” refers to differences in academic performance between g ...

by Bob Poppenga The educational “achievement gap” refers to differences in academic performance between groups of students. It is most often used to refer to differences in academic performance (e.g., ...

September 27, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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School Board Candidates on the Achievement Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2014
| (41) Comments

School Board Candidates on the Achievement Gap

At the school board candidates' forum last week, candidates were given an insufficient amount of time to ...

At the school board candidates' forum last week, candidates were given an insufficient amount of time to respond to our question on the achievement gap, so we have asked it as the first of five weekly ...

September 26, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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How DJUSD Can Create Community Partnerships

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 24, 2014
| (6) Comments

How DJUSD Can Create Community Partnerships

by Bob Poppenga As a veterinarian, I have watched my profession move toward a health concept called “One ...

by Bob Poppenga As a veterinarian, I have watched my profession move toward a health concept called “One Health”. The idea behind “One Health” is that it is impossible to separate human health, animal ...

September 24, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Granda Speaks on Taxes and School Services

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2014
| (9) Comments

Granda Speaks on Taxes and School Services

The Vanguard is doing a series of follow-up questions from the candidates' forum. Earlier we did a follo ...

The Vanguard is doing a series of follow-up questions from the candidates' forum. Earlier we did a follow-up on the Nancy Peterson issue and yesterday on community partnerships. With respect to Jose ...

September 23, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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What Was on the Minds of the Audience Members at the School Board Forum?

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: September 23, 2014
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What Was on the Minds of the Audience Members at the School Board Forum?

At last Wednesday's School Board Candidates' Forum, the audience of approximately 100 people was very act ...

At last Wednesday's School Board Candidates' Forum, the audience of approximately 100 people was very active in their submission of 41 questions for the Audience Questions segment of the forum, which ...

September 23, 2014
| by Matt Williams

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