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Face the Debate: Gun Control
Plain as blood in the street
By Lydia DePillis
Handguns have only one purpose: taking the lives of human beings. Handguns kill more people in this country than all other weapons combined.
Published October 31, 2003 - Opinion
Raiding Read Right
Garfield may lose successful reading program due to lack of funding
By Lydia DePillis
Last week the news was broken that new cuts will make school a little harder for dozens of students who lack basic reading skills.
Published October 31, 2003 - Focus
Bulldogs Travel Around the World
School trips taking students to places far away and exotic
By Lydia DePillis
This year, Garfield trip leaders are branching out, with a few adventures which you don’t have to be a 10th-grade marine science student to enjoy.
Published October 31, 2003 - News
School Design is Moving Forward
Staff optimistic as future Garfield takes shape
By Lydia DePillis
The task of designing the Garfield remodel, scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2008, reached a landmark last week with the presentation of a tentative floor plan and approximate square footages.
Published October 17, 2003 - News
Filling in the Gap
Everyone wants equity for kids…the problem is how to get there
By Lydia DePillis
The achievement gap debate will fade from its current place in the limelight, but it will never stray far from the minds of Garfield staff.
Published October 3, 2003 - Focus
Scholastic Success Story
Innovative program helps kids beat the statistics
By Lydia DePillis
The African American Scholars program started last has been making waves as a strategy that can make real progress on narrowing the achievement gap.
Published October 3, 2003 - News
Anderson Staying
Popular history teacher’s status remains in doubt for next year though
By Lydia DePillis
Freshman and seniors alike gasped last week as the news went around that venerable world history teacher Warren Anderson would be leaving over a disagreement with the administration.
Published October 3, 2003 - News
Obsession
How sports are stealing our souls
By Lydia DePillis
This nation’s priorities have been turned on their head. America deifies athletes, while those who make actual contributions to society labor in obscurity.
Published October 3, 2003 - Opinion
WASL Shock Therapy
New law forces Garfield to put some bite behind its bark
By Lydia DePillis
When WASL test scores for 2003 came out this August, they showed a marked gap in achievement between white students and black students across the state. This set a fire under public educationʼs efforts to make the federal No Child Left Behind Act live up to its name. While a number of students statewide did […]
Published September 19, 2003 - News
What Would Jefferson Do?
Down with the small schools revolution!
By Lydia DePillis
The school’s exterior in these early days is clean and freshly scrubbed, ready for your arrival. But let me tell you something about the insanity that lies beneath.