This figures to be one of the more interesting school board elections in recent times.  The unfortunate part of it is that the debate may be drowned out by the bigger stage national elections.  One is ...

The Davis Vanguard and Davis Media Access (DMA) will co-host a candidates forum for Davis Joint Unified School Board at Harper Junior High Multipurpose room TODAY. The doors open at 6:30 PM and the fo ...

The school board elections, at least based on initial discussion, will be one that figures to take on some of the more meaty issues and not just the budget which, as an ongoing concern, has dwarfed mo ...

Bob Dunning a frequent critic of both the school district's parcel tax efforts last year as well as the all-mail ballot, came out in noted defense this week, at least of the integrity of the process. ...

The Capitol Weekly is reporting this week that California may join a growing number of education leaders nationwide in a revolt against No Child Left Behind (NCLB). In a sharply-worded letter to US Se ...

I posed the question rather casually, but perhaps I should formalize it.  I have read the arguments against Measure A, in fact I am sympathetic to some of them.  The fact of the matter is that homeown ...

My initial view on the firing of Davis High's basketball coach was formed watching dozens of parents, community members, and former players of the coach speak on his behalf.  It was an emotional and m ...

In a statement not likely to quell any of the rising chorus of dissent over the handling of the firing of girl's basketball coach Jeff Christian in early January, the district issued its most direct c ...

It does not happen all that often, but when I agree with Davis Enterprise Columnist Bob Dunning, you know it is something to pay attention to.  Last night, the venerable columnist called for the fired ...

On Thursday night, the Vanguard attended the DJUSD School Board meeting, expecting to hear about the current budget conditions and the parcel tax.  However, we got a lot more than we bargained for, as ...

Last week Jeff Hudson from the Davis Enterprise had an excellent piece that was generally about the persistent achievement gap, but also looked specifically at Patwin Elementary school.As my regular r ...

Last night the Davis Joint Unified Board of Education discussed the achievement gap, along with newly-released data from the Academic Performance Index.  There was good news and bad news to report. Th ...

The good news is that most schools in the region are improving their test scores, according to API measures released on Monday.  According to the Sacramento Bee, 45 of 59 school districts in the regio ...

Gap Holds Even When Socio-Economic Status is Controlled For - When the STAR testing results came out in August, it showed that for the most part, the Achievement Gap still remained strong, as Asians a ...

A number of recent studies show that testing students is not a good way to evaluate the performance of their teachers.  According to an article in the New York Times earlier this week, an increasing n ...

It did not take long for the school board to find their replacement for James Hammond, it was a guy that they had just hired a year ago to help change the direction at Davis High School.  And while he ...

Last night at a special Davis School Board Meeting, the Board formally voted to accept the resignation of Superintendent James Hammond, in what is most likely his final board meeting as Superintendent ...

The Vanguard learned late last night following a closed session meeting, that James Hammond will take the position of Superintendent in the Ontario-Montclair School District in Southern California as ...

The Vanguard has learned that DJUSD Superintendent James Hammond has been offered the position of Superintendent in the Ontario-Montclair School District in Souther California.  At this time it is not ...

Earlier this week, Bob Dunning had a column in which he described the letters sent from the Davis School District that told him his three children in elementary school were truant for missing three da ...