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Letter: Deeply Concerned by AIM/GATE Test Debacle

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 25, 2016
| (82) Comments

Letter: Deeply Concerned by AIM/GATE Test Debacle

by Shun "Sean" Yao I am deeply troubled and frustrated by the recent AIM-test debacle. On 9/27, DJUSD adm ...

by Shun "Sean" Yao I am deeply troubled and frustrated by the recent AIM-test debacle. On 9/27, DJUSD administered OLSAT, an AIM/GATE test for third-graders. OLSAT contains 65 questions, is 40-minute ...

October 25, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (82) Comments

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Analysis: Lovenburg and Fernandes Sweep Major Endorsements

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2016
| (2) Comments

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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Monday Morning Thoughts: Mounting Costs of OCR Investigation, Silence by the Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2016
| (24) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Mounting Costs of OCR Investigation, Silence by the Board

Two years ago, one of the key moments of the Nancy Peterson saga was the revelation that the district spe ...

Two years ago, one of the key moments of the Nancy Peterson saga was the revelation that the district spent $22,000 investigating her complaint against volleyball coach Julie Crawford. The amount of ...

September 05, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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District Has Spent Over $17 Thousand on Response to Office for Civil Rights Investigation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2016
| (59) Comments

District Has Spent Over $17 Thousand on Response to Office for Civil Rights Investigation

The Vanguard has learned that the Davis Joint Unified School District has $17,363.07 in legal fees pertai ...

The Vanguard has learned that the Davis Joint Unified School District has $17,363.07 in legal fees pertaining to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education investigation reg ...

September 03, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (59) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts I: Elk Grove Shows Us One Path Forward on AIM

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2016
| (10) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts I: Elk Grove Shows Us One Path Forward on AIM

In January, the Elk Grove Unified School District site had a blog entry that read, “New EGUSD eligibility ...

In January, the Elk Grove Unified School District site had a blog entry that read, “New EGUSD eligibility and selection criteria for Gifted and Talented Education (GATE), as well as for Honors and Adv ...

August 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (10) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: The Narrative is Part of the Problem with AIM

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2016
| (69) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The Narrative is Part of the Problem with AIM

The Vanguard reported on Friday and Saturday that the OCR (Office for Civil Rights) was looking into alle ...

The Vanguard reported on Friday and Saturday that the OCR (Office for Civil Rights) was looking into allegations that the school district is “discriminating against students on the basis of race /nati ...

August 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Office For Civil Rights Opens Investigation into Whether AIM Program is Discriminatory

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2016
| (100) Comments

Office For Civil Rights Opens Investigation into Whether AIM Program is Discriminatory

One of the biggest complaints about the changes to the AIM program was the drastic reduction in the parti ...

One of the biggest complaints about the changes to the AIM program was the drastic reduction in the participation, particularly by black and Hispanic students, in the new program compared to the old p ...

August 06, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Were AIM Opponents Intimidated by Audience Applause?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 07, 2016
| (64) Comments

My View: Were AIM Opponents Intimidated by Audience Applause?

Two weeks ago, AIM parents, angry and frustrated by decisions made by the district – and perhaps with the ...

Two weeks ago, AIM parents, angry and frustrated by decisions made by the district – and perhaps with the poor communication by the administration regarding the placement of the AIM program, its remov ...

May 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (64) Comments

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Sunday Commentary II: Is the District’s AIM Revamp a Failure?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 24, 2016
| (30) Comments

Sunday Commentary II: Is the District’s AIM Revamp a Failure?

One of the big debates that occurred on Thursday night at the school board meeting is the extent to which ...

One of the big debates that occurred on Thursday night at the school board meeting is the extent to which the AIM changes can be considered a failure. In the course of her discussion, some of which he ...

April 24, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (30) Comments

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School Board Doesn’t Increase Number of AIM Strands

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 23, 2016
| (40) Comments

School Board Doesn’t Increase Number of AIM Strands

After lengthy discussion by the school board in the face of parent complaints on the elimination of the N ...

After lengthy discussion by the school board in the face of parent complaints on the elimination of the North Davis AIM strand, the board voted 3-2 to put 66 incoming AIM qualified fourth-graders at W ...

April 23, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (40) Comments

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Why Has Aim Program Become a Pariah in the District?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 21, 2016
| (148) Comments

Why Has Aim Program Become a Pariah in the District?

By Steve Kelleher I am wondering why the AIM program has become such a pariah in the district. For year ...

By Steve Kelleher I am wondering why the AIM program has become such a pariah in the district. For years particular members of the community have been complaining about the AIM program. The primary ...

April 21, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (148) Comments

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Board Policies Are Squeezing the Life out of AIM

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 20, 2016
| (77) Comments

Board Policies Are Squeezing the Life out of AIM

by Debbie Nichols-Poulos This spring, only 82 students qualified for the fourth-grade AIM program, almost ...

by Debbie Nichols-Poulos This spring, only 82 students qualified for the fourth-grade AIM program, almost half of previous years. This lower number was due to the elimination of private testing and th ...

April 20, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (77) Comments

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Parents Protest Termination of AIM at NDE; Threaten to Pull out of State Testing

Posted by JosephBiello
|Date: April 15, 2016
| (75) Comments

Parents Protest Termination of AIM at NDE; Threaten to Pull out of State Testing

(The following is a reader-submitted letter) To the Board of Trustees and the Acting Superintendent of DJ ...

(The following is a reader-submitted letter) To the Board of Trustees and the Acting Superintendent of DJUSD We write this letter in protest of the termination of new 4th grade classes at the North Da ...

April 15, 2016
| by JosephBiello

| (75) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Discovering Talented Black and Hispanic Students

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2016
| (13) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Discovering Talented Black and Hispanic Students

The numbers came back bleak, from the standpoint of the new AIM program being able to identify blacks and ...

The numbers came back bleak, from the standpoint of the new AIM program being able to identify blacks and Hispanics, as just four of the 72 identified students were from those traditionally disadvanta ...

April 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (13) Comments

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My View: Will Anger and Discontent Pose a True Threat to the Parcel Tax?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 09, 2016
| (124) Comments

My View: Will Anger and Discontent Pose a True Threat to the Parcel Tax?

With the release of the final numbers of the AIM program, the reduction of the program to two classrooms, ...

With the release of the final numbers of the AIM program, the reduction of the program to two classrooms, the possible return of the lottery, anger and discontent once again rose to the surface. The n ...

April 09, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (124) Comments

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AIM Numbers Continue to Shrink, Lottery Instituted

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 08, 2016
| (74) Comments

AIM Numbers Continue to Shrink, Lottery Instituted

The final AIM numbers are in, according to a brief presentation on Thursday night by interim superintende ...

The final AIM numbers are in, according to a brief presentation on Thursday night by interim superintendent Kevin French. He said, "Retesting is completed. Families of students who qualified for AIM w ...

April 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (74) Comments

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Tom Adams on AIM and the Achievement Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2016
| (10) Comments

Tom Adams on AIM and the Achievement Gap

In the aftermath of the implementation of AIM reforms enacted in November, with a recent update showing a ...

In the aftermath of the implementation of AIM reforms enacted in November, with a recent update showing a loss of diversity in the program as well as concerns about the ongoing achievement gap and eff ...

March 30, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (10) Comments

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Fernandes and Archer Discuss AIM Reform and Achievement Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2016
| (3) Comments

Fernandes and Archer Discuss AIM Reform and Achievement Gap

In the aftermath of the implementation of AIM reforms enacted in November, with a recent update showing a ...

In the aftermath of the implementation of AIM reforms enacted in November, with a recent update showing a loss of diversity in the program as well as concerns about the ongoing achievement gap and eff ...

March 24, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (3) Comments

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Lovenburg Talks about AIM Reform and the Achievement Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 22, 2016
| (11) Comments

Lovenburg Talks about AIM Reform and the Achievement Gap

In the aftermath of the implementation of AIM reforms enacted in November, with a recent update showing a ...

In the aftermath of the implementation of AIM reforms enacted in November, with a recent update showing a loss of diversity in the program as well as concerns about the ongoing achievement gap and eff ...

March 22, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (11) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Is Race or Diversity a Red Herring?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 07, 2016
| (48) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts II: Is Race or Diversity a Red Herring?

The school district, in a way, has a conundrum. On the one hand, as they finally made clear to the commun ...

The school district, in a way, has a conundrum. On the one hand, as they finally made clear to the community, they expected that the changes enacted in November would reduce the size of the AIM progra ...

March 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (48) Comments

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