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Monday Morning Thoughts: More on the Brown Act, Board Views on GATE, And Why the Motion Passed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 08, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: More on the Brown Act, Board Views on GATE, And Why the Motion Passed

We have kept the focus on the GATE/AIM issue on the potential Brown Act violation. The Brown Act, as we n ...

We have kept the focus on the GATE/AIM issue on the potential Brown Act violation. The Brown Act, as we noted yesterday, requires among other things that the legislative body of a local agency shall p ...

June 08, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: DJUSD Board Makes a Bold Move, But Should They Have Waited?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: DJUSD Board Makes a Bold Move, But Should They Have Waited?

The issue of the DJUSD GATE/AIM program has long been contentious and divisive in this community. The Van ...

The issue of the DJUSD GATE/AIM program has long been contentious and divisive in this community. The Vanguard is not going to weigh in on the merits of the program, as we believe both sides raise leg ...

June 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Did the School Board Violate Noticing Requirements When It Voted to Radically Alter GATE/AIM?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 06, 2015
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Did the School Board Violate Noticing Requirements When It Voted to Radically Alter GATE/AIM?

The school board voted 4-1 to pass a motion, at nearly midnight Thursday, that one school board member sa ...

The school board voted 4-1 to pass a motion, at nearly midnight Thursday, that one school board member says “effectively eliminates our GATE program as we know it.” Board Vice President Madhavi Sunder ...

June 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Nonverbal Tests for AIM Identification of Minority and Disadvantaged Students

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2015
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Analysis: Nonverbal Tests for AIM Identification of Minority and Disadvantaged Students

On Thursday night, the school district heard a critique of its use of TONI (Test of Nonverbal Intelligenc ...

On Thursday night, the school district heard a critique of its use of TONI (Test of Nonverbal Intelligence) by Professor Tobin White. His research finds that the students administered the TONI were “s ...

March 24, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Social Justice and AIM

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 21, 2015
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My View: Social Justice and AIM

For a long time I have stayed relatively quiet on the issue of GATE/AIM. There have been a variety of rea ...

For a long time I have stayed relatively quiet on the issue of GATE/AIM. There have been a variety of reasons for that, but after watching the discussion on Thursday night, things have changed. The de ...

March 21, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Are AIM Students Being Overidentified? School Board Grapples with AIM Identification Issue

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 20, 2015
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Are AIM Students Being Overidentified? School Board Grapples with AIM Identification Issue

While there were a number of procedural issues asked about the presentations on Tuesday night regarding t ...

While there were a number of procedural issues asked about the presentations on Tuesday night regarding the district AIM program, much of the hard questions focused particularly on the identification ...

March 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Are Changes to GATE/AIM on the Way?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2015
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Are Changes to GATE/AIM on the Way?

The DJUSD School Board tonight will see two presentations on the AIM Program, apparently at the request o ...

The DJUSD School Board tonight will see two presentations on the AIM Program, apparently at the request of board members who have provided two professors from UC Davis to present their findings regard ...

March 19, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Granda on GATE/AIM

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 19, 2014
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Granda on GATE/AIM

Jose Granda submitted his response to the GATE/AIM Vanguard Question. The other responses were published ...

Jose Granda submitted his response to the GATE/AIM Vanguard Question. The other responses were published on Friday. Question #4: Have you been involved in the GATE/AIM Committee Meetings? If so, wha ...

October 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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School Board Candidate Question #4: GATE/ AIM

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2014
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School Board Candidate Question #4: GATE/ AIM

Question #4: Have you been involved in the GATE/AIM Committee Meetings? If so, what has been your involve ...

Question #4: Have you been involved in the GATE/AIM Committee Meetings? If so, what has been your involvement? How do you view the current state of the GATE/AIM program, and what would be your interes ...

October 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: More on the Brown Act, Board Views on GATE, And Why the Motion Passed

Monday Morning Thoughts: More on the Brown Act, Board Views on GATE, And Why the Motion Passed

Sunday Commentary: DJUSD Board Makes a Bold Move, But Should They Have Waited?

Sunday Commentary: DJUSD Board Makes a Bold Move, But Should They Have Waited?

Did the School Board Violate Noticing Requirements When It Voted to Radically Alter GATE/AIM?

Did the School Board Violate Noticing Requirements When It Voted to Radically Alter GATE/AIM?

Analysis: Nonverbal Tests for AIM Identification of Minority and Disadvantaged Students

Analysis: Nonverbal Tests for AIM Identification of Minority and Disadvantaged Students

My View: Social Justice and AIM

My View: Social Justice and AIM

Are AIM Students Being Overidentified? School Board Grapples with AIM Identification Issue

Are AIM Students Being Overidentified? School Board Grapples with AIM Identification Issue

Are Changes to GATE/AIM on the Way?

Are Changes to GATE/AIM on the Way?

Granda on GATE/AIM

Granda on GATE/AIM

School Board Candidate Question #4: GATE/ AIM

School Board Candidate Question #4: GATE/ AIM

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