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Indoor activities for kids having a rainy day in San Diego County

Here are a few ideas for places to go in San Diego with your kids when you have to stay indoors.
Local

Choosing a school for your child? A new 'guide' can help

Voice of San Diego has released its 5th annual "Parent's Guide to San Diego Schools."
Local

Last-minute spring break activities for kids

Here are a few places to visit in San Diego with your kids during spring break.

Parenting News

Military

The Navy's waiting list for child care is getting shorter, but it still numbers more than 5000

Steve Walsh

The Navy is building more on-base childcare centers and launching new programs to help sailors and their families. But advocates and parents say it’s not enough.
Science & Technology

Carlsbad third grader imagines NASA’s next voyage of discovery

Thomas Fudge

NASA’s Power to Explore essay contest gets kids to plan future space missions. Luca wants to go to Jupiter’s moon, Europa.
Education

District unveils plan for students and staff of closed Oceanside elementary school

Tania Thorne

Reynolds Elementary School students and staff will be filtered into three different schools: Libby, Del Rio, and Foussat Elementary. But the plan raised transportation concerns.
Health

California could ban certain food additives due to concerns over health impacts

Ayana Archie

The bill would ban several common ingredients used in processed foods, such as Red Dye No. 3, which has been linked to cancer in animal studies.
Education

What we do (and don't) know about teacher shortages, and what can be done about them

Cory Turner

Limited national data suggest teachers are plentiful, but many districts that serve some of the most vulnerable students would beg to differ.

Health

San Diego has seen a jump in home births during COVID years

Claire Trageser

Countywide, the number of home births rose by 28% from before the pandemic to the end of 2022.
Education

Transitional kindergarten came to San Diego, are schools ready for young kids?

Claire Trageser

Some parents and early childhood education experts say schools have not been adequately prepared for California's new multibillion-dollar program that brings 4-year-olds into elementary classrooms.
Local

Child care providers are a casualty of California's transitional kindergarten

Claire Trageser

An unintended consequence of the state's multibillion-dollar early education program is the damage being done to the business model of traditional child care providers.
Education

Child care could be coming to a city park near you soon

Claire Trageser

After Measure H passed, city officials and child care advocates are working on what happens next.
Local

San Diego’s Measure H would open city facilities to child care, but includes confusing language

Claire Trageser

The measure would allow the city to lease park and rec property to child care centers, which supporters say would help alleviate the city’s child care crisis.

Arts & Culture

With gun control far from sight, schools redesign for student safety

Mallika Seshadri

In the wake of ongoing school shootings, architects are designing schools to minimize risk and increase student connection.
Health

San Diego educators discuss mental health for kids

Matt Hoffman

School staff across San Diego county will participate in training sessions for student mental health awareness starting this week.
Local

Respiratory viruses hit families and children especially hard

M.G. Perez

The number of cases of respiratory viruses has more than doubled in the past couple of weeks at Rady Children's Hospital.
Education

San Diego County students see a bright future after free eye exams

M.G. Perez

The San Diego County Office of Education partnered with VSP Vision company to offer free eye exams and glasses to students who need them.
Local

School districts scramble to repair AC as temperatures sizzle

M.G. Perez

The surge in temperature has left several San Diego County school districts scrambling to install portable AC units.

Education

Demonstrations, protests mark first day of LA school strike

Sequoia Carrillo

Support staff in the nation's second-largest school district walked out over stalled contract negotiations. Teachers joined them in support.
Local

Oceanside school board votes to close Reynolds Elementary School

Tania Thorne

Oceanside Unified is closing an elementary school that the district says is literally on dangerous ground.
Local

Parents and students rally over possible elementary school closure in Oceanside

Tania Thorne

For the second time in less than two years, an elementary school in Oceanside is in danger of being closed.
Education

San Dieguito Union High School District asks for community input for new superintendent

M.G. Perez

The San Dieguito Union High School District begins town hall forums for public input in the search for a permanent superintendent.
Local

Falling enrollment prompts Vista Unified to consider school consolidation

City News Service

Citing a decade of declining enrollment, the Vista Unified School District asked community members Tuesday to serve on a new committee tasked with recommending the future of several district schools — including the possibility of consolidation.

KPBS Midday Edition

Film spotlights costs and accessibility of child care

Jade Hindmon

Andrew Bracken

The film, "Clarissa's Battle," will be featured on the opening night of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival on Thursday, Feb. 2 at the Museum of Photographic Arts.
Local

Students explore San Diego's hidden history through research and sculpture

M.G. Perez

Seniors at Jacobs High Tech High share their semester project uncovering San Diego's hidden history with research and sculpture.
Education

The education of clowning around

M.G. Perez

Students of all ages are now pursuing a form of comedy that left the circus behind.
Education

Voters approve arts education funding for every public school in the state

M.G. Perez

Proposition 28, which would require arts education funding for all, was overwhelmingly approved by voters
Local

Q&A: How the pandemic has changed our children's lives

Andrew Bracken

M.G. Perez

NPR reporter Anya Kamenetz takes a hard look at the lasting impacts from COVID-related school closures.