Jakob McWhinney

San Diego Unified tried to usher in a new era of community engagement in local schools. For a while, it did. Sort of. That era is now long gone.

I spoke with future San Diego Unified Trustee Hayden Gore about project-based learning, unions and AI.

Officials at the wealthy North County school district suspected a student lived outside the district’s boundaries. So, they hired a private eye to surveil the child’s home and follow them to school.

The race for California superintendent of public instruction doesn’t seem to be front of mind for voters. The California Teachers Association is dropping millions to change that.

David Sciarretta, the longtime superintendent of Albert Einstein Academies, has officially resigned. At an emergency meeting Wednesday afternoon, the charter school’s Board President Maria Ortega announced that trustees had voted […]

A new report finds district trustees acted against the interest of students by not renewing a contract for mental health services.

Special education students now make up almost 20 percent of students countywide – significantly more than a decade ago.

Officials at a charter chain known for credit recovery made a couple of big-dollar purchases in the form of ChatGPT-powered robots. Researchers are skeptical they’re worth the dough.

A mounting wave of pushback against ed tech has sprung up across the country. San Diego Unified’s board just took steps to rein it in.

In a strip mall in the sleepy San Diego neighborhood of Tierrasanta is one of the newest additions to San Diego’s education system.