San Francisco School Board Decides to Give All Students an A
The San Francisco school board resolved the question of how to grade students for a school year cut short by giving everyone an A. The...
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A Protest Against Distance Learning
Dear Diane, As a retired high school librarian I wanted to share my thoughts about how teachers can provide some meaningful and more personalized opportunities...
Book Tour, San Francisco, Part 2
Despite my ongoing struggle to overcome the remnants of the flu, I managed to get through an event last night with the United Educators of...
Is it Just or Patriotic to Paint Over Art That Offends Someone?
Larry Cuban posts here an opinion piece that appeared originally in the New York Times about a decision by the San Francisco School Board...
San Francisco: 5th Graders at Malcolm X Elementary Outscore Peers at KIPP
In San Francisco, KIPP wants to open a new school in a neighborhood where teachers and parents are working together to improve their local schools—and...
Good News! San Francisco Rejects Walton-Funded Charter
Last night, the San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously to reject an “Innovate” charter school. The Walton Family Foundation has poured many millions into...
San Francisco: Walton-Funded Charter Pushers Launch Campaign to Woo Black and Latino Families
The rightwing, anti-union Walton Family Foundation has funded a group called Innovate to push charter schools as the solution to achievement gaps in San...
BREAKING: San Francisco Drops TFA for Next Year
Here’s an article from a local newspaper about the school board’s decision. http://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/SF-school-leaders-give-Teach-for-America-a-7463170.php The article provides fairly balanced coverage of the issue. (Thanks, Jill Tucker....
Activist Leadership Wins Presidency of San Francisco Teachers’ Union
Lita Blanc, a veteran teacher in San Francisco, won election as President of the United Educators of San Francisco, the union representing 6,000 employees of...