WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKBT) – A UW-La Crosse grad could be the next deputy secretary of the Department of Education. President-Elect Joe Biden has nominated Cindy Marten for the post. Marten earned her bachelor’s degree from UWL in 1988. She currently serves as the superintendent of San Diego Unified School District. UW-La Crosse released the follow statement: “UW-La Crosse was delighted.
The year 2020 brought more questions than most of us were prepared for: When can concerts resume? Did my favorite restaurant close? Should I wear a mask? The list goes on and on.
We asked the leaders of La Jolla’s civic and cultural institutions two more questions, this time about the new year, 2021. Many of them agree that weathering the COVID-19 storm is paramount, along with supporting local businesses, children, senior citizens and arts and culture organizations.
Here’s what they had to say:
What is the biggest issue facing La Jolla in 2021?
San Diego City Councilman Joe LaCava
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Leaders of hundreds of now-shuttered San Diego County schools say the surge in COVID-19 cases is keeping schools closed indefinitely for thousands of students. Some school leaders and parents say their frustration is growing because the worse the surge gets, the farther away a possibility of reopening seems.
“Every time people make a decision like not to wear masks, every time people make decisions to congregate with people outside of their households the result of those individual actions is that it will delay the time that kids can be back in school,” said Richard Barrera, vice president of the San Diego Unified School Board.
Before Social and Emotional Learning became widely recognized as a critical component of teen lives, Marisa Fogelman was well ahead of the curve.
Fogelman spent two decades developing a curriculum that integrated SEL with California state standards for traditional subject matter, and put her holistic academic philosophy into practice as co-founder of the School of Universal Learning (SOUL), a charter school for students in grades 6-12.
SOUL was perhaps the first school in San Diego County to offer such a unique concept.
Now shuttered after several years of successful and promising operation, SOUL became a victim of political pressure and growing anti-charter sentiment.