Marsha Sutton

Marsha Sutton is a reported columnist who has covered education in San Diego for 20 years. Her award-winning work has appeared in Voice of San Diego and The San Diego Union-Tribune. She can be reached at suttonmarsha@gmail.com.

To Fight Depression, San Diego Educator Offers Unique Program

Before Social and Emotional Learning became widely recognized as a critical component of teen lives, Marisa Fogelman was well ahead of the curve. Fogelman spent two decades developing a curriculum

By Marsha Sutton

December 14, 2020

Why Classism Concerns San Diego Educators, Hurt Students

This is the second in a two-part series. Read the first part here. Providing preschool at the earliest stages of a child’s development can help close the achievement

By Marsha Sutton

November 23, 2020

How Educational Inequities Begin the Moment a Child Is Born

This is the first in a two-part series. Check back with IVN San Diego next week for the next column More than 50 years have passed since the groundbreaking

By Marsha Sutton

November 16, 2020

Chollas Creek Neighborhood Fights to Save its School Leaders

This is the second installment of a two-part series on Gompers Preparatory Academy in Southeast San Diego. Read the first installment here. The Gompers community has made its position

By Marsha Sutton

November 6, 2020

‘Everything is in Jeopardy’ – Gompers Charter Battles San Diego Unified

This is the first in a two-part series on Gompers Preparatory Academy in Southeastern San Diego. Read the second installment here. Fifteen years ago, I had the privilege of

By Marsha Sutton

November 5, 2020

Systemic Racism: How Disparate Investments in Public Education Fuel Social Inequality

This is Part Two of a two-part series on racism and the education system. Read Part One here. ‍ Data supporting the direct link between family income and student achievement

By Marsha Sutton

September 28, 2020

How the Education System Fuels Racism, Inequality

This is Part One of a two-part series on racism and the education system. Part Two will be published on Monday, Sept. 28. The education system is “particularly effective

By Marsha Sutton

September 21, 2020