Category Archives: Education

Remembering Mr. Pew

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Jeff

The SCV lost a truly great man this weekend. He’s not someone you would have read about regularly, or seen in the paper or on Facebook. Rather, he was a man of quiet but profound influence, a man who lived … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | 24 Comments

Pendulum swings back to Hart

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Mike

Whether Jeff has retired like Sanders or Favre is an open question. In the meantime, I’m left to stand up for the valley’s greatest football program, Hart High School, against the new kid who graduated from Valencia and Myers, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Shameless Newhall Boosterism, Sports | 9 Comments

Assembly Bill could change COC’s class offerings

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Jeff

A bill working its way through the California State Assembly could substantially alter the way College of the Canyons provides some classes to students in the SCV. The bill, AB 515, would allow community colleges like COC to “establish and … Continue reading →

Posted in College of the Canyons, Education | 18 Comments

Name the new High School in Castaic!

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Jeff

You may have thought the new Castaic High School would be named Castaic High School. But this is Santa Clarita. Place names don’t mean much here, as Mike’s mental geography exercises have proven. And we like to name our roads, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, History, Humor | 22 Comments

Enough with the drama at Hart!

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Linda

In a full-page ad entitled “Enough is Enough” in Sunday’s Signal, the “friends” of Gloria Mercado-Fortine fired off a volley of accusations directed at school board members Joe Messina and Steve Sturgeon.  The ad starts off by alleging that “There is … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Misc., Opinion | 24 Comments

Insulting and Offensive

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Jeff

I have never seen such an obtuse, insulting response from a public agency over how money has been spent as I saw in today’s Signal report on the Hart District’s $300 million in Measure SA money,.  Checkitout: I’ve been a … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Politics | 24 Comments

Seniority and tenure: on their way out?

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Linda

A major blow to the job security of “senior” Los Angeles Unified School District teachers came this week as a result of the settlement of a lawsuit filed by a coalition of civil rights lawyers on behalf of students at three LAUSD middle … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Opinion | 14 Comments

West Creek Academy: music, language and culture update

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Venturan

Music is the centerpiece of the curriculum at West Creek Academy, and details on the program have firmed up in the past few days. As we reported in Februrary, music is a required subject at the shiny new school, and students can … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | 21 Comments

On IDing Master’s Students

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Jeff

In the Daily Brief yesterday I stated, quite provocatively, that the righteousness quotient had risen in the SCV as Master’s College students returned to the SCV. One reader took offfense: So Jeff….you have “witnessed” TMC students all over town? How … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | 30 Comments

Cars and traffic at West Creek Academy

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Venturan

West Creek Academy has a traffic problem.

Posted in Education, Traffic | 17 Comments