by Madhavi Sunder Over the last handful of months, I have sought to educate myself about the challenges t ...
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Working Together to Close the Achievement Gap
Working Together to Close the Achievement Gap
by Madhavi Sunder Over the last handful of months, I have sought to educate myself about the challenges that our students and educators face by touring each of the 20 schools in our district—from the ...
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School Board Candidates on the Achievement Gap
School Board Candidates on the Achievement Gap
At the school board candidates' forum last week, candidates were given an insufficient amount of time to ...
At the school board candidates' forum last week, candidates were given an insufficient amount of time to respond to our question on the achievement gap, so we have asked it as the first of five weekly ...
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DJUSD Forum Addresses Transparency, LGBT Issues and DHS Starting Time
DJUSD Forum Addresses Transparency, LGBT Issues and DHS Starting Time
We are rolling out more of the responses from Wednesday’s forum. We apologize for the delay, but the site ...
We are rolling out more of the responses from Wednesday’s forum. We apologize for the delay, but the site transfer along with the length of the candidate’s forum has made this a much slower process th ...
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Should the School District Allow the Parcel Taxes to Expire?
Should the School District Allow the Parcel Taxes to Expire?
On Wednesday, the school board candidates were asked to weigh in on the parcel tax and whether it should ...
On Wednesday, the school board candidates were asked to weigh in on the parcel tax and whether it should be allowed to expire or whether they would support renewal. Specifically they were asked: “Give ...
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Analysis: A Game Changer For the School Board
Analysis: A Game Changer For the School Board
For years, it seemed, the school board was about one thing – holding off the economic collapse just long ...
For years, it seemed, the school board was about one thing – holding off the economic collapse just long enough, through community charity and fundraising drives from the Davis Schools Foundation, alo ...
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School Board Candidates Meet at Vanguard-DMA Forum (Video Now Posted)
School Board Candidates Meet at Vanguard-DMA Forum (Video Now Posted)
Last night over 100 people attended the first DJUSD School Board Candidates forum at the Davis Community ...
Last night over 100 people attended the first DJUSD School Board Candidates forum at the Davis Community Church in an event co-hosted by the Davis Vanguard and Davis Media Access. The candidates answe ...
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New School Board Events
New School Board Events
Delaine Eastin Cohosts Fall Kickoff for Sunder Former State Superintendent for Public Instruction Delaine ...
Delaine Eastin Cohosts Fall Kickoff for Sunder Former State Superintendent for Public Instruction Delaine Eastin spoke powerfully in favor of Madhavi Sunder’s campaign for Davis School Board at an eve ...
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Community News: People’s Climate Action Day, School Board Events
Community News: People’s Climate Action Day, School Board Events
Sunder For School Board Hosts “Back To School Kickoff” Celebration! Join Madhavi Sunder and her team of e ...
Sunder For School Board Hosts “Back To School Kickoff” Celebration! Join Madhavi Sunder and her team of energized campaign volunteers for its “Back to School Kickoff” celebration hosted by the Zaragoz ...
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My View: CSEA Should Re-open Endorsement Process to Talk to All Candidates
My View: CSEA Should Re-open Endorsement Process to Talk to All Candidates
There has been a mixture of responses to the Vanguard’s story from Thursday that the CSEA endorsement pro ...
There has been a mixture of responses to the Vanguard’s story from Thursday that the CSEA endorsement process relied on candidates to contact them to set up a potential endorsement process, rather tha ...
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School Board Campaign Updates
School Board Campaign Updates
Archer Campaign Events Are Hosted By Eastin And Albertson; Neighborhood Walks Start Sunday Barbara Archer ...
Archer Campaign Events Are Hosted By Eastin And Albertson; Neighborhood Walks Start Sunday Barbara Archer for School Board 2014 announced this week that Delaine Eastin, the former California Superinte ...
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Was the CSEA Endorsement Process Fair and Open?
Was the CSEA Endorsement Process Fair and Open?
On Tuesday, the California School Employees Association, Davis Chapter #572, announced that they have end ...
On Tuesday, the California School Employees Association, Davis Chapter #572, announced that they have endorsed Tom Adams and Barbara Archer for the four-year seats on the Davis Joint Unified Board of ...
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CSEA Endorses Adams, Archer, Fernandes For DJUSD
CSEA Endorses Adams, Archer, Fernandes For DJUSD
The California School Employees Association Davis Chapter #572 announced Tuesday that the organization ha ...
The California School Employees Association Davis Chapter #572 announced Tuesday that the organization has endorsed Tom Adams and Barbara Archer for the four-year seats on the Davis Joint Unified Boar ...
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Analysis: Battle for Third For the School Board?
Analysis: Battle for Third For the School Board?
We are a week away from the Vanguard’s DJUSD School Board Candidates Forum, which will be a week from tom ...
We are a week away from the Vanguard’s DJUSD School Board Candidates Forum, which will be a week from tomorrow (Wednesday, September 17) at 6:30 at the Fellowship Hall at Davis Community Church, and w ...
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Community and Campaign Events: Poppenga Fundraiser; Sunder Walk
Community and Campaign Events: Poppenga Fundraiser; Sunder Walk
Bob Poppenga for Davis School Board Campaign Fundraiser and Celebration When: Friday, September 5th, 6 to ...
Bob Poppenga for Davis School Board Campaign Fundraiser and Celebration When: Friday, September 5th, 6 to 8 PM Where: John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street, Davis Bob Poppenga and family welcome our ...
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A Teacher’s Reflections
A Teacher’s Reflections
by Madhavi Sunder After the excitement of starting school last week, I thought I would take a break from ...
by Madhavi Sunder After the excitement of starting school last week, I thought I would take a break from the usual column format to do something different. This summer I interviewed Mary Allegoren, wh ...
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Democrats Endorse Archer, Nolan, Sunder for DJUSD School Board
Democrats Endorse Archer, Nolan, Sunder for DJUSD School Board
The Yolo County Democratic Party (YCDP) announced today its candidate endorsements for the upcoming Novem ...
The Yolo County Democratic Party (YCDP) announced today its candidate endorsements for the upcoming November election. In the local school board race, they followed the recommendations of the DTA from ...
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Hate Is Not a Davis Value
Hate Is Not a Davis Value
by Gloria Partida and Madhavi Sunder In 1983, an Asian American Davis Senior High School student, Thong H ...
by Gloria Partida and Madhavi Sunder In 1983, an Asian American Davis Senior High School student, Thong H. Huynh, was stabbed to death in the science quad in a racially motivated attack. In 1992, 14-y ...
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School Board Update: Adams Files, Sunder to Farmer’s Market
School Board Update: Adams Files, Sunder to Farmer’s Market
Last week, we reported that there are now eight candidates in the DJUSD race, but Alan Fernandes is runni ...
Last week, we reported that there are now eight candidates in the DJUSD race, but Alan Fernandes is running unopposed for the two-year term after he was appointed in May to fill the spot vacated in Ma ...
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DJUSD Candidate Pool Swells to Eight But Fernandes Still Unopposed
DJUSD Candidate Pool Swells to Eight But Fernandes Still Unopposed
The number of candidates has swollen to eight for four DJUSD School Board seats, but Alan Fernandes remai ...
The number of candidates has swollen to eight for four DJUSD School Board seats, but Alan Fernandes remains the only candidate for the two-year seat to which he was appointed in May. That appointment ...
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Hit the Reset Button In Your Brain
Hit the Reset Button In Your Brain
The article in the Sunday Review section of the New York Times entitled Hit the Reset Button In Your Brai ...
The article in the Sunday Review section of the New York Times entitled Hit the Reset Button In Your Brain, written by Daniel Levitin, director of the Laboratory for Music, Cognition and Expertise at ...