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My View: Dunning Attacks District Elections but Ignores Montgomery and Achievement Gap in Doing So

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2019
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My View: Dunning Attacks District Elections but Ignores Montgomery and Achievement Gap in Doing So

Columnist Bob Dunning continues to lament the school board decision to transition to district elections – ...

Columnist Bob Dunning continues to lament the school board decision to transition to district elections – and while there are certainly aspects of it that deserve questioning, at this point it’s a don ...

June 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Understanding Davis’ Racial and Ethnic Breakdown and What We Can Do

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Understanding Davis’ Racial and Ethnic Breakdown and What We Can Do

Earlier last week on the Vanguard we had a prolonged discussion of the racial and ethnic breakdown of Dav ...

Earlier last week on the Vanguard we had a prolonged discussion of the racial and ethnic breakdown of Davis. Once we were able to see the proper Davis, it was clear that Davis is not just whiter than ...

September 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Getting to the Root of Davis’ Longstanding Problem with Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2018
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Commentary: Getting to the Root of Davis’ Longstanding Problem with Race

This past year I read the book, The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein. He writes about a forgotten hist ...

This past year I read the book, The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein. He writes about a forgotten history of how the government segregated America. The two most striking things about the book are ...

September 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: We Have Failed Montgomery, Montgomery Has Not Failed Us

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2018
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My View: We Have Failed Montgomery, Montgomery Has Not Failed Us

Late on Thursday evening, the DJUSD School Board moved forward with proposed changes that would phase out ...

Late on Thursday evening, the DJUSD School Board moved forward with proposed changes that would phase out the English-only program at Marguerite Montgomery Elementary, and leave in its wake the Two-wa ...

March 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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School Board Sees Disproportionality in Montgomery Program

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 02, 2018
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School Board Sees Disproportionality in Montgomery Program

“This is about race, this is about opting out of a school, and this is about segregation.” The DJUSD Scho ...

“This is about race, this is about opting out of a school, and this is about segregation.” The DJUSD School Board on Thursday heard a presentation that highlighted the disproportionality in the Englis ...

March 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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MLK Speaker Calls Davis a City Full of Contradictions, Critiques Race Relations

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2018
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MLK Speaker Calls Davis a City Full of Contradictions, Critiques Race Relations

Speaker: The city’s outward affluence masks a surprising poverty This year’s keynote speaker at the Davis ...

Speaker: The city’s outward affluence masks a surprising poverty This year’s keynote speaker at the Davis MLK Day celebration held at the Varsity Theater was Dr. Mariama Gray, an assistant professor i ...

January 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Justice Watch: Race in the Criminal Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 21, 2016
| (1) Comment

Justice Watch: Race in the Criminal Justice System

Mass incarceration contributes significantly to the racial achievement gap A report last week from the Ec ...

Mass incarceration contributes significantly to the racial achievement gap A report last week from the Economic Policy Institute found “overwhelming evidence that having an incarcerated parent leads t ...

December 21, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Now That the Parcel Tax Has Passed…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2016
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Commentary: Now That the Parcel Tax Has Passed…

Lost in the tumult surrounding the presidential election is the fact that, once again, the voters overwhe ...

Lost in the tumult surrounding the presidential election is the fact that, once again, the voters overwhelmingly approved the school parcel tax. While the district and campaign volunteers can now rig ...

November 18, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Board Attempts to Narrow Achievement Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 08, 2016
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Board Attempts to Narrow Achievement Gap

By Nicholas von Wettberg Thursday night’s Davis School Board meeting inside the Community Chambers ran lo ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg Thursday night’s Davis School Board meeting inside the Community Chambers ran longer than usual, hitting the four-hour mark. The extra time, however, was spent thriftily on th ...

November 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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School Board Weekly Question 7: The Achievement Gap

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 04, 2016
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School Board Weekly Question 7: The Achievement Gap

Every week until the election, we will have a question for the DJUSD School Board Candidates. We have a ...

Every week until the election, we will have a question for the DJUSD School Board Candidates. We have a word limit of roughly 350. This is the final question. Please also see the Vanguard Candidate’ ...

November 04, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Board to Monitor Achievement Gap Progress

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 01, 2016
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Board to Monitor Achievement Gap Progress

By Nicholas von Wettberg It should be an eventful next few weeks for the Davis school board, which meets ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg It should be an eventful next few weeks for the Davis school board, which meets on Thursday at the Community Chambers. One of the action/discussion items on the meeting agenda ...

November 01, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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District Presents Achievement Gap Update to Board

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 10, 2016
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District Presents Achievement Gap Update to Board

By Nicholas von Wettberg At the Davis School Board meeting on Thursday night, Davis Joint Unified School ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg At the Davis School Board meeting on Thursday night, Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Superintendent Dr. John Bowes said that, heading into the current school year, ...

October 10, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Lovenburg and Fernandes Sweep Major Endorsements

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2016
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Analysis: Lovenburg and Fernandes Sweep Major Endorsements

In Sunday’s paper, the Davis Enterprise endorses incumbents Alan Fernandes and Susan Lovenburg. This fol ...

In Sunday’s paper, the Davis Enterprise endorses incumbents Alan Fernandes and Susan Lovenburg. This follows the endorsement of the incumbents by, among others, the Davis Teachers Association and the ...

October 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Closing Achievement Gap Remains Board Priority

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 03, 2016
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Closing Achievement Gap Remains Board Priority

By Nicholas von Wettberg At the recent Vanguard School Board Candidates Forum, one of the questions ask ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg At the recent Vanguard School Board Candidates Forum, one of the questions asked was about the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) and how it can provide opportuniti ...

October 03, 2016
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Groups Urge Governor Signature on Educational Reform Bill

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 08, 2016
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Groups Urge Governor Signature on Educational Reform Bill

(From Press Release) More than 300 groups across California delivered a letter to Governor Brown today, u ...

(From Press Release) More than 300 groups across California delivered a letter to Governor Brown today, urging him to sign AB 2548 (Weber) that calls for an effective statewide school accountability s ...

September 08, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Board to Hear Presentation on Preschool Programs

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 29, 2016
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Board to Hear Presentation on Preschool Programs

By Nicholas von Wettberg Picking up where they left off in June, the Davis School Board will hear a distr ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg Picking up where they left off in June, the Davis School Board will hear a district-led presentation on ways to close the achievement/opportunity gap. Up for discussion, and p ...

August 29, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Has DJUSD Found Its Superintendent?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 26, 2016
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Has DJUSD Found Its Superintendent?

While the board has not finalized a hire, it appears that the school board has found a new superintendent ...

While the board has not finalized a hire, it appears that the school board has found a new superintendent, and the only thing we know is that he is not from the local school district. A press release ...

May 26, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Board Takes Further Look into Closing Achievement Gap

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 21, 2016
| (18) Comments

Board Takes Further Look into Closing Achievement Gap

By Nicholas von Wettberg At its regular meeting on Thursday, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJU ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg At its regular meeting on Thursday, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Education heard the third in a series of presentations from district schools about ...

May 21, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Board Hears Report on Achievement Gap at Junior High Level

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 09, 2016
| (38) Comments

Board Hears Report on Achievement Gap at Junior High Level

By Nicholas von Wettberg When addressing ways of closing the student achievement gap, there is the cons ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg When addressing ways of closing the student achievement gap, there is the constant reminder that no singular program or curriculum exists, which would fix longtime dispariti ...

May 09, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Board Addresses Achievement Gap at Latest Meeting

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 09, 2016
| (1) Comment

Board Addresses Achievement Gap at Latest Meeting

By Nicholas von Wettberg Under California’s current student-weighted educational funding policy ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg Under California’s current student-weighted educational funding policy, known as the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), the Davis Joint Unified School District (D ...

April 09, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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