http://NewsOnFeeds.com/section/Life%20&%20Leisure%20News/8/1 Life & Leisure News from NewsOnFeed.com en 60 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/images/small.nof.gif One former student recently graduated from San Diego State University, just two years after graduating from Grossmont Middle College High School. “He was so cute. He said, 'Well, if you put a free buffet out in front of me, what do you think I'm gonna do? I'm gonna take all ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9530489/School%20Spotlight:%20Grossmont%20Middle%20College%20High%20School SignOnSanDiego.com: Education CHOLLAS VIEW — Plans to build 12 bungalows, a bathroom and a bus terminal on a Chollas View campus have sparked turf wars between a charter school and a magnet school that share the same site. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9530490/Schools%20battle%20over%20space%20at%20shared%20site SignOnSanDiego.com: Education NATIONAL CITY — National City's only charter school will open next month with a new home, its first eighth-grade class and a downtown-as-classroom emphasis to get its students beyond the classroom walls and into the neighborhood. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9530491/Charter%20school%20to%20open%20in%20new%20home SignOnSanDiego.com: Education NATIONAL CITY — To make the case for eighth-grade algebra, Granger Junior High School math teacher Kevin Beiser works backward from his ultimate goal for his students: Harvard. To get into an Ivy League school, his students probably need to take Advanced Placement math in high school, he says. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9530492/An%20unlikely%20school%20emphasizes%20algebra SignOnSanDiego.com: Education Grossmont and Cuyamaca college students can expect to see fewer classes on their fall schedules this year due to a lack of state funding. The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District plans to offer 300 fewer classes in 2009-10 because it expects to lose as much as $10 million in state funding. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9530493/Community%20colleges%20to%20cut%20300%20classes SignOnSanDiego.com: Education SAN MARCOS – San Marcos Unified School District this week adopted a budget for 2009-10, but rough times loom ahead as the state budget crisis worsens and projected deficits threaten to drain the district's reserves dramatically in 2010-11. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9530494/Trustees%20brace%20for%20rough%20ride%20in%202010-11 SignOnSanDiego.com: Education The students taking notes in a City Heights citizenship class this week were as diverse as San Diego itself, born in countries ranging from Colombia to Vietnam. An older woman from Lebanon, a first-time student, sat near the front. At a table in the rear, a group of African Muslim ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9530495/Guiding%20others%20on%20familiar%20path SignOnSanDiego.com: Education SAN DIEGO — Celebrity designer Evette Ríos scurried about the teachers lounge at Balboa Elementary School – a place crisp with the scent of fresh paint – plumping pillows, sweeping floors, dimming lights and making coffee with filters improvised from paper towels. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9530496/Teachers%20lounge%20gets%20a%20stylish%20touch%20of%20class SignOnSanDiego.com: Education When she was nominated to attend the National Young Leaders State Conference this year, Stefanie Tellez knew she wanted to go. “I knew it would really help me and I really wanted to get to learn new things about becoming a leader ... for my future,” said the 14-year-old, who ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9530497/Student%20Spotlight:%20Stefanie%20Tellez SignOnSanDiego.com: Education The nation's educators can improve public schools by making lessons more relevant and less geared toward yielding high test scores, a panel of scholars and activists told delegates at the National Education Association conference in downtown San Diego yesterday. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:23:31 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9528373/Education%20group%20urged%20to%20focus%20less%20on%20scores SignOnSanDiego.com: Education U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged thousands of teachers to consider linking their salaries to student achievement during his speech yesterday at the National Education Association's annual meeting in downtown San Diego. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9527378/Education%20chief%20wants%20merit%20pay%20considered SignOnSanDiego.com: Education Eight-year-old Diana Pinera of Lemon Grove smiled when she peeked inside her lunch bag and found fresh carrot sticks, a red apple, graham crackers, milk and a peanut butter and jelly pie. Her mother, Alma Moreno, smiled too because the lunch she picked up at the Lemon Grove Recreation Center ... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9529001/Filling%20a%20need%20for%20nourishment SignOnSanDiego.com: Education U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged thousands of teachers to consider linking their salaries to student achievement during his Thursday speech at the National Education Association's annual meeting in downtown San Diego. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:44:13 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9526021/Education%20secretary%20urges%20teachers%20to%20tie%20wages%20to%20student%20achievement SignOnSanDiego.com: Education Education Secretary Arne Duncan challenged members of the National Education Association Thursday to stop resisting the idea of linking teacher pay to student achievement. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:32:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9525292/Education%20secretary%20challenges%20NEA%20on%20teacher%20pay SignOnSanDiego.com: Education Eight-year-old Diana Pinera of Lemon Grove smiled when she peeked inside her lunch bag and found fresh carrot sticks, a red apple, graham crackers, milk and a peanut butter and jelly pie. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/9523562/Providing%20nourishment SignOnSanDiego.com: Education