The Riehl World

Friday, April 22, 2011

Remembering Mrs. Hilde

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For San Diego's North County Times In a time of budget deficits and nasty politics, it's been a welcome relief to read about teache...
Friday, April 8, 2011

City can't find needy homeowners

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For the North County Times and Carlsbadistan.com. Carlsbad city officials can't understand why more low-income homeowners haven't ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The trouble with charter schools

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California's 1992 Charter Schools Act, according to legislative intent, was supposed to improve learning, especially for students unde...
Friday, March 11, 2011

A Tale of Two Cities

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For San Diego's North County Times Carlsbad City Council members nearly broke their arms patting themselves on the back after...
Friday, February 25, 2011

Teacher Unions Don't Cause Schools to Fail

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For San Diego's North County Times The steady drumbeat of criticism leveled at public employee unions has become both tiresome and tro...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Charter School Test Scores Tell Real Story

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Is competition the key to improving our public schools? If a business doesn't deliver on its promises, shoppers go elsewhere. If they do...

Carlsbad Going Back to the Future?

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As neighboring cities in North County struggle with budget cuts and fee increases for public services, Carlsbad’s city council members spen...
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After 35 years in public education as a university administrator and a high school English teacher, I began my second life as a freelance writer, winning San Diego Society of Professional Journalists awards for my opinion columns in the former San Diego daily North County Times and the San Diego Free Press.
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