Tag: San Francisco Unified School District

‘Community Hubs’ have enrolled only half the planned number of schoolchildren

Oct 13, 2020 | Education, Elementary Schools, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Middle Schools, Mobile, Newsletter

Four weeks after the city’s Community Hubs Initiative began, the Department of Children, Youth,...

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San Francisco Unified School District announces ‘there will need to be some employee layoffs’

Feb 20, 2020 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

San Francisco schools will likely suffer staff layoffs in the near future, due to major budget...

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San Francisco Unified School District graduates out of 45 years of federal oversight

Jul 5, 2019 | Education, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Percentage of English and Spanish instruction in bilingual classes to be juked — less Spanish,...

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Startup Crowdfunds Books for Schools

Nov 23, 2016 | Education, Elementary Schools, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

A new target for tech disruption: Illiteracy. A product marketer and freelance web developer...

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New Superintendent an ‘Unabashed Cheerleader’ for SF Schools

Dec 11, 2012 | Education, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

The first time Richard Carranza stepped inside a classroom, he didn’t speak a word of English....

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Mission District Schools See Decrease in Student Truancy

Sep 14, 2012 | Education, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

On average, children in the Mission District perpetually skip class or arrive late to school more...

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Mission Native Packs for Grad School

Jun 6, 2012 | Education, Mobile, Today's Mission

Daisey Sanchez enjoys helping people. In the last few years, the Mission District native has...

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No Summer School, but Free Enrichment Classes Still Open

May 19, 2010 | Education, Front Page, Mission High School

Some think options like academic enrichment are better then summer school. This summer will test that notion. En Español

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Where Are the Muni Assistants?

Apr 26, 2010 | Front Page, Topics, Transportation

They are supposed to ride the buses afters school to prevent problems, but few have seen them. The cost to the city? $673.556. En Español

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Teachers Talk: Scoring Teachers on Student Performance

Mar 22, 2010 | Education, Front Page

To apply for Race to the Top stimulus funds, SFUSD will have to base teacher evaluations on student standardized test scores. En Español

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A New School for the Mission?

Feb 18, 2010 | Education, Front Page

A proposed public charter school would bring a longer school day, unique curriculum.

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Parents to be Heard on School Assignment Redesign

Nov 14, 2009 | Education, Front Page

Upcoming town halls will give parents a voice in the process.

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School Assignments = Complex Math

Oct 20, 2009 | Education, Front Page

Armed with inconclusive data on six options, the S.F. Board of Education works on a redesign for school assignments.

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Lunch Ladies as Art

Oct 18, 2009 | Art, Front Page

Kai Klaassen’s portraits of cafeteria workers show at Mission Pie.

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Lunch at John O’Connell High

Mar 2, 2009 | Education

Free but foul. By AMANDA MARTINEZ

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Crossing the Digital Divide

Dec 10, 2008 | Education

By ALLISON DAVIS
Horace Mann sends students home with laptops in their arms.

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