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My View: The Lonesome Death of Reason and Proportionality

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 15, 2014
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My View: The Lonesome Death of Reason and Proportionality

Should We Be Surprised by School Board Decision? - It was a long night on Thursday, sitting, waiting – th ...

Should We Be Surprised by School Board Decision? - It was a long night on Thursday, sitting, waiting – the mind wonders under those conditions. At some point the thought came to mind that, with four ...

March 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Board Upholds Administrative Finding on Crawford; Will Not Reinstate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 14, 2014
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Board Upholds Administrative Finding on Crawford; Will Not Reinstate

3-1 Vote Would Allow Julie Crawford to Reapply For the Fall – After four and a half hours of closed sessi ...

3-1 Vote Would Allow Julie Crawford to Reapply For the Fall – After four and a half hours of closed session in which the Davis Joint Unified School Board heard the appeal from former Davis High Volley ...

March 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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School Board Hears Appeal for Julie Crawford (Audio of Public Comment)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2014
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School Board Hears Appeal for Julie Crawford (Audio of Public Comment)

The school board has now recessed from open session after hearing a number of speakers including volleyba ...

The school board has now recessed from open session after hearing a number of speakers including volleyball players, spouses of the current interim coaches and former football coach Dave Whitmire. Nan ...

March 13, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Peterson’s Demise Cause For Great Sadness, Reflection

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2014
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My View: Peterson’s Demise Cause For Great Sadness, Reflection

Sadness. That was my reaction on Thursday last week when Nancy Peterson resigned from the Davis School B ...

Sadness. That was my reaction on Thursday last week when Nancy Peterson resigned from the Davis School Board. That may surprise some in this community, convinced that I have some sort of vendetta ag ...

March 13, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: School Board Moves Meeting to Community Chambers; Debate Continues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 12, 2014
| (16) Comments

Analysis: School Board Moves Meeting to Community Chambers; Debate Continues

After some behind the scenes concerns and deliberating, the school district has moved the open session po ...

After some behind the scenes concerns and deliberating, the school district has moved the open session portions of Thursday’s meeting to the Davis Community Chambers at City Hall, instead of holding t ...

March 12, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Our Contract is the Students’ Learning Conditions

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 11, 2014
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Our Contract is the Students’ Learning Conditions

by Blair Howard Beyond academics and sports programs, there are many important issues facing our school d ...

by Blair Howard Beyond academics and sports programs, there are many important issues facing our school district; among them, implementing the national Common Core standards, academic program manageme ...

March 11, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Roots of Empathy

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: March 02, 2014
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Roots of Empathy

by Matt Williams Last year we had a lively discussion here on the Vanguard about empathy . . . what it is ...

by Matt Williams Last year we had a lively discussion here on the Vanguard about empathy . . . what it is, and what its value is. At the time I published this Vanguard article as a follow-up to that ...

March 02, 2014
| by Matt Williams

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An Appeal For Civility

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: March 01, 2014
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An Appeal For Civility

by Matt Williams In her Sunday Special to the Enterprise Nancy Peterson covers a lot of ground, but one p ...

by Matt Williams In her Sunday Special to the Enterprise Nancy Peterson covers a lot of ground, but one passage of her column really resonated for me. The blog-fest is another topic entirely. My child ...

March 01, 2014
| by Matt Williams

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Analysis: Teachers Agree to Pay Increase, But Big Issues Still Remain

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 17, 2014
| (126) Comments

Analysis: Teachers Agree to Pay Increase, But Big Issues Still Remain

Firefighters Starting Salary Higher Than Teachers Ending Salary - Late last week, Assistant Superintenden ...

Firefighters Starting Salary Higher Than Teachers Ending Salary - Late last week, Assistant Superintendent Matt Best and Davis Teachers Association lead negotiator Frank Thomsen issued a statement in ...

February 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Real Concerns About Teacher Benefits Driving Push for Pay Increase

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2014
| (177) Comments

Commentary: Real Concerns About Teacher Benefits Driving Push for Pay Increase

While I still believe that the school district – which has passed five parcel taxes since 2007 – is in be ...

While I still believe that the school district – which has passed five parcel taxes since 2007 – is in better fiscal condition than the city overall, and that it is the city’s turn to attempt to turn ...

February 10, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View II: Now Is Not Time For a Teacher Pay Raise

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 08, 2014
| (181) Comments

My View II: Now Is Not Time For a Teacher Pay Raise

2007 to 2012 entailed six long and hard years for the school district. During that time, the voters of D ...

2007 to 2012 entailed six long and hard years for the school district. During that time, the voters of Davis stepped up in 2007, 2008, 2011 and twice in 2012 to either renew or pass new parcel taxes. ...

February 08, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: The Lonesome Death of Reason and Proportionality

My View: The Lonesome Death of Reason and Proportionality

Board Upholds Administrative Finding on Crawford; Will Not Reinstate

Board Upholds Administrative Finding on Crawford; Will Not Reinstate

School Board Hears Appeal for Julie Crawford (Audio of Public Comment)

School Board Hears Appeal for Julie Crawford (Audio of Public Comment)

My View: Peterson’s Demise Cause For Great Sadness, Reflection

My View: Peterson’s Demise Cause For Great Sadness, Reflection

Analysis: School Board Moves Meeting to Community Chambers; Debate Continues

Analysis: School Board Moves Meeting to Community Chambers; Debate Continues

Our Contract is the Students’ Learning Conditions

Our Contract is the Students’ Learning Conditions

Roots of Empathy

Roots of Empathy

An Appeal For Civility

An Appeal For Civility

Analysis: Teachers Agree to Pay Increase, But Big Issues Still Remain

Analysis: Teachers Agree to Pay Increase, But Big Issues Still Remain

Commentary: Real Concerns About Teacher Benefits Driving Push for Pay Increase

Commentary: Real Concerns About Teacher Benefits Driving Push for Pay Increase

My View II: Now Is Not Time For a Teacher Pay Raise

My View II: Now Is Not Time For a Teacher Pay Raise

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