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The Conscious Teacher

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 27, 2020
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The Conscious Teacher

Editor's note: Deborah Nichols Poulos was a long-time teacher in Davis. She also served a term as City C ...

Editor's note: Deborah Nichols Poulos was a long-time teacher in Davis. She also served a term as City Councilmember. In 2006, she was diagnosed with ALS. She has come out with a book entitled, "Th ...

April 27, 2020
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Governor Signs Executive Order Ensuring State Funding for Schools in Event of Physical Closure

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 14, 2020
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Governor Signs Executive Order Ensuring State Funding for Schools in Event of Physical Closure

Order mandates that school districts use dollars to fund distance learning and high quality educational o ...

Order mandates that school districts use dollars to fund distance learning and high quality educational opportunities, safely provide school meals, and arrange for the supervision of students during s ...

March 14, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Prop 13 Is Exactly What California Schools Need

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|Date: March 03, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Prop 13 Is Exactly What California Schools Need

By Tony Thurmond As the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction and as a Bay Area native, I ...

By Tony Thurmond As the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction and as a Bay Area native, I know that Proposition 13 is exactly what our schools need. For nearly two decades, I’ve been a ...

March 03, 2020
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Fiscal Transparency Legislation Introduced to Strengthen LCFF

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 09, 2020
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Fiscal Transparency Legislation Introduced to Strengthen LCFF

(From Press Release - Assemblymember Weber) — Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber (D- San Diego) and Assembly ...

(From Press Release - Assemblymember Weber) — Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber (D- San Diego) and Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) have introduced a pair of bills, AB 1834 and AB 1834, t ...

January 09, 2020
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Why School Psychologists Are Worried About the Mental Health of America’s Students

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 23, 2019
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Why School Psychologists Are Worried About the Mental Health of America’s Students

By Angela Mann Earlier this month, thousands of school psychologists met in Atlanta at the annual convent ...

By Angela Mann Earlier this month, thousands of school psychologists met in Atlanta at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. One of the hottest topics among attend ...

March 23, 2019
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Bill Would Allow Homeless College Students to Sleep in Parking Lots on Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2019
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Bill Would Allow Homeless College Students to Sleep in Parking Lots on Campus

A bill by Assemblymember Marc Berman of Palo Alto would allow homeless community college students to slee ...

A bill by Assemblymember Marc Berman of Palo Alto would allow homeless community college students to sleep in their vehicles overnight in campus parking facilities. “Over the last two years, I've hear ...

February 28, 2019
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Childhood Racial Education the Focus of the 25th City MLK Day

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2019
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Childhood Racial Education the Focus of the 25th City MLK Day

School Board Member Cindy Pickett delivers the Keynote Address on Monday at the Varsity Theater On Monday ...

School Board Member Cindy Pickett delivers the Keynote Address on Monday at the Varsity Theater On Monday, the City of Davis hosted it’s 25th annual MLK Day Celebration at the Varsity Theatre. T ...

January 22, 2019
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A Triple Threat to Science

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: February 22, 2017
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A Triple Threat to Science

By Tia Will I believe the new administration in Washington embodies a rejection of science that is differ ...

By Tia Will I believe the new administration in Washington embodies a rejection of science that is different in both nature and magnitude than any we have seen in my lifetime. I believe that although ...

February 22, 2017
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Commentary: It Is All About the Kids

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2016
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Commentary: It Is All About the Kids

My longtime readers have no doubt read this account a few times, but it bears repeating as there is an up ...

My longtime readers have no doubt read this account a few times, but it bears repeating as there is an update to the end of the story. It was six years ago back in August when my nephew moved in with ...

October 13, 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
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Economic Development Series: Impact of Public Schools on a Community’s Economic Development

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 24, 2016
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Economic Development Series: Impact of Public Schools on a Community’s Economic Development

By Bob Poppenga The relationship between public schools and local economic development is often overlooke ...

By Bob Poppenga The relationship between public schools and local economic development is often overlooked in community discussions. Without debating the pros and cons of economic development in Davi ...

May 24, 2016
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Assemblymember Dodd Lays Out Legislative Priorities

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|Date: March 26, 2016
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Assemblymember Dodd Lays Out Legislative Priorities

By Vanguard Editorial Board On Thursday March 17, the Editorial Board for the Davis Vanguard met with Ass ...

By Vanguard Editorial Board On Thursday March 17, the Editorial Board for the Davis Vanguard met with Assemblyman Bill Dodd. The meeting sought to delve deeper into Dodd’s platform and allow him the c ...

March 26, 2016
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Making the Local Control Funding Formula Work

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 28, 2015
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Making the Local Control Funding Formula Work

By David Sapp While students, parents, faculty and school staff gear up for the excitement of a new schoo ...

By David Sapp While students, parents, faculty and school staff gear up for the excitement of a new school year, a critically important process is unfolding largely out of public view. California scho ...

August 28, 2015
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Bipartisan Plan Would Help Restore Control to School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 21, 2015
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Bipartisan Plan Would Help Restore Control to School Board

This week a bipartisan coalition of legislators held a press conference to announce SB 799, sponsored by ...

This week a bipartisan coalition of legislators held a press conference to announce SB 799, sponsored by Senator Jerry Hill, which introduced legislation that will fix the school budget reserve cap. S ...

August 21, 2015
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Wolk Receives Endorsement from Torlakson

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 18, 2015
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Wolk Receives Endorsement from Torlakson

On Monday, Davis Mayor Dan Wolk announced in a press release that he has received the endorsement of Stat ...

On Monday, Davis Mayor Dan Wolk announced in a press release that he has received the endorsement of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson in his race for the 4th Assembly District. ...

August 18, 2015
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Wolk Addresses Questions About His Assembly Candidacy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2015
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Wolk Addresses Questions About His Assembly Candidacy

With the announcement in mid-July that Bill Dodd would run for the State Senate, less than a year after h ...

With the announcement in mid-July that Bill Dodd would run for the State Senate, less than a year after he won his seat in the Assembly, the door was opened for candidates to fill his seat. Quickly em ...

August 03, 2015
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Yamada Figures to Be A Formidable Candidate For Senate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 22, 2015
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Yamada Figures to Be A Formidable Candidate For Senate

In 2008, then-Yolo County Supervisor Mariko Yamada faced long odds in the battle for the open Assembly Se ...

In 2008, then-Yolo County Supervisor Mariko Yamada faced long odds in the battle for the open Assembly Seat against West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon. No one gave her much of a chance, and ye ...

July 22, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: School Board’s AIM Decisions Create More Problems than They Solve

Posted by davisvoice
|Date: July 13, 2015
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Guest Commentary: School Board’s AIM Decisions Create More Problems than They Solve

by Debbie Nichols Poulos In 2014, California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) legislation redistrib ...

by Debbie Nichols Poulos In 2014, California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) legislation redistributed state funding from several categorical programs, including GATE, into districts’ general f ...

July 13, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: State Schools Race Wake Up Call For Democrats

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2014
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Sunday Commentary: State Schools Race Wake Up Call For Democrats

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson paid a late visit to Davis on Thursday to rally ...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson paid a late visit to Davis on Thursday to rally the troops. Earlier in the day he had received the bad news that his race is tied against chall ...

November 02, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Torlakson Tied in the Polls, Comes to Davis to Inspire the Troops, Warns of Threat to Public Education

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2014
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Torlakson Tied in the Polls, Comes to Davis to Inspire the Troops, Warns of Threat to Public Education

If Tom Torlakson was jolted by the news earlier in the day that he was in a dead heat with challenger Mar ...

If Tom Torlakson was jolted by the news earlier in the day that he was in a dead heat with challenger Marshall Tuck for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction position that he has held since 2 ...

October 31, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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