From Blueprint to Reality: San Diego’s Education Reforms
San Diego hasn’t been a model for clean and effective government recently, but in one area the beach-obsessed metropolis may be ahead of the curve. In 2000, San Diego schools, one of the largest districts in the country, launched the Blueprint for Student Success, which called for an increased effort to teach literacy to students who were lagging behind. The Public Policy Institute of California provides the first assessment of the program, concluding that it worked well in elementary schools, which means it could become a national model. A note of caution: the program didn’t work in high schools, although perhaps for reasons that could be fixed.
From Blueprint to Reality: San Diego’s Education Reforms