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...

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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Lunch Ladies as Art

Oct 18, 2009 | Art, Front Page

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

Lunch at John O’Connell High

Mar 2, 2009 | Education

Free but foul. By AMANDA MARTINEZ

Crossing the Digital Divide

Dec 10, 2008 | Education

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

Budget Cuts Curtail School Programs

Sep 15, 2008 | Education

By NOAH BUHAYAR A routine meeting of San Francisco Unified School District’s Augmented Budget and Business Services Committee grew tense Monday evening, as board members and district staff revisited the logic of cutting funding...

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New Superintendent an ‘Unabashed Cheerleader’ for SF Schools

Mission District Schools See Decrease in Student Truancy

Mission Native Packs for Grad School

No Summer School, but Free Enrichment Classes Still Open

Where Are the Muni Assistants?

Teachers Talk: Scoring Teachers on Student Performance

A New School for the Mission?

Parents to be Heard on School Assignment Redesign

School Assignments = Complex Math

Lunch Ladies as Art

Lunch at John O’Connell High

Crossing the Digital Divide

Budget Cuts Curtail School Programs

What To Do

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