More than one-third of the teachers at Gompers Preparatory Academy in southeastern San Diego will lose their jobs later this month, a move its union said will eliminate the school’s entire physical education department and leave four math teachers for roughly 1,300 students. Read More »
The vaccination rate for California kindergartners went down last school year, including in San Diego County, after hitting a record high the previous year. Read More »
The vaccination rate for California kindergartners went down last school year, including in San Diego County, after hitting a record high the previous year. Read More »
A Sweetwater Union High School District trustee who asked to be compensated for a board meeting he missed because of a “hardship” was actually in Sacramento lobbying on behalf of his labor union and having dinner with Democratic governor candidate Gavin Newsom. Superintendent Karen Janney recommended the board pay trustee Nicholas Segura the $413.50 he would have received for attending ... Read More »
More than 65 percent of San Diego County high school seniors who took the ACT exam last year scored at or above the national average of 21. Read More »
Nearly 63 percent of all Advanced Placement tests taken by San Diego County high school students in 2017 were passed, allowing them to earn college credits early. Read More »
Congressman Scott Peters asked the state schools superintendent this week to consider giving funding to the San Diego Unified School District for homeless students even though its grant application was missing a signature. The San Diego Democrat sent the letter to the superintendent four days after inewsource revealed that the district was disqualified for a grant that could have provided ... Read More »
Hundreds of thousands of community college students are placed in remedial classes every year, and few get past them, especially black and Latino students. Read More »
Here's what we found after reaching out to hundreds of Gompers Preparatory Academy graduates about their experience at the San Diego high school. Read More »
Here are some of the societal forces that can affect Gompers’ ability to meet its mission of having every student ready for college. Read More »
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