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San Diego Unified wasn’t the only San Diego County school district this year to lose out on thousands of dollars in funding to help homeless students because of a flawed grant application. Read More »
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Missing signature costs San Diego Unified funding for homeless students
A missing signature on a grant application means San Diego Unified has lost its chance to receive $750,000 in federal funding to help homeless students. Read More »
San Diego County homeless student count reaches record high. But how real are the numbers?
New data show more than 23,800 students were homeless last year in San Diego County — a record high and a 4.7 percent increase over the previous year. But a county Office of Education official acknowledges the homeless student count could be wrong. It all depends on who does the counting and how they interpret federal guidelines for calculating who ... Read More »
More San Diego high school students taking ACT test. Here’s how they did
The number of high school seniors taking the ACT exam in San Diego has increased more than 25 percent since 2012. Find out how your school has performed. Read More »
State launches new system to alert the public to test score updates
The state’s education department has announced a new system to notify the public about data releases and updates to existing test score data on its website. Read More »
State admits posting faulty schools data, promises revisions
The agency responsible for overseeing and analyzing public education data in California removed “bad” Advanced Placement test results from its website last month, acknowledging it had published the wrong scores from 2016. inewsource found the discrepancies in the California Department of Education’s 2016 AP test scores, and while waiting for the department to respond, found inconsistencies in prior years, as ... Read More »