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The Learning Curve: Private Homeschool Tied for Third Lowest Vaccination Rate in California
A new EdSource database reveals a concerning, but rather unsurprising trend, about vaccination rates in California schools.
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The Learning Curve: Facing Potential Head Start Elimination, Some Parents Have No ‘Plan B’
According to a USA Today story, the Trump administration is considering eliminating the Head Start program, which provides free child care for hundreds of thousands of American families. For some of those families, the program’s elimination would force impossible decisions.
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The Learning Curve: UCSD Could Lose Hundreds of Millions from Trump Cuts
While many in higher education are sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s research slashing, it has been tough to suss out exactly what the impacts will be. An email from UCSD’s Chancellor gives us a ballpark figure.
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The Learning Curve: No One Agrees on What Was Offered for a Safe Parking Site
San Diego Unified and City of San Diego officials disagree on what facilities the school district offered up for a safe parking site at a now-vacant City Heights school.
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The Learning Curve: Grossmont Union’s Layoffs Spark Outrage
At a chaotic board meeting last week, Grossmont Union High School District’s board voted to issue layoff notices to 61 staff members – including almost all of the district’s librarians. The community wasn’t having it.
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The Learning Curve: The Schools Guide Has Arrived
The 2025 edition of A Parent’s Guide to San Diego Schools comes packed with all of the data you’ve come to rely on, plus two new exclusive metrics to help parents make sense of local schools.
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The Learning Curve: A Push for More School Funding
San Diego Unified’s teachers union has joined an unprecedented statewide contract campaign. Plus, the Cal State University system is placing big bets on AI in the classroom.
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The Learning Curve: Here’s What Was in San Diego Unified’s Stocking
California education leaders got a first look at how Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest proposed budget impacts them earlier this month. Here’s what made it into the budget from San Diego Unified’s wish list.
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The Learning Curve: San Diego Unified’s Christmas Wish List from Sacramento
From changes to the Local Control Funding Formula to reducing universal transitional kindergarten ratios, here’s what district leaders were hoping for in their budget stocking.
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The Learning Curve: A Smaller San Diego Unified?
An old argument about shrinking San Diego Unified pops up once again, Trump’s education priorities and the return of California’s schools dashboard.
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The Learning Curve: Bazzo Has Likely Won – Just Barely
Incumbent may squeak through in what looked like an upset in the making.
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The Learning Curve: San Dieguito’s Messy School Board Race
San Dieguito trustee Michael Allman has polarized constituents since his election in 2020. Now voters will decide if they want to send him back to the board room.
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