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SF State to divest from weapons manufacturers in deal with pro-Palestinian students
Students and staff aligned with the nationwide Gaza encampment protests at San Francisco State University are celebrating a historic win: the university will divest from four companies that do business in Israel."By standing with us, we were able to be the first university that was able to divest from major weapons manufacturers Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar, Palantir and Leonardo," a student named Adeel told the more than 100 students in attendance at the rally on Thursday.In May, the university held an open negotiation session with students. Students peacefully dismantled the encampments at the end of the school year with the goal...
California Legislature Passes Bill to Ban or Limit Cellphone Use in Schools
California will likely soon become the fifth state in the nation to ban students from using smartphones in schools, though the full ban likely would not go into effect until the 2026-27 school year. Back in 2019, San Mateo High School became the largest school in the country to ban...
Seniors’ increased demand for AP Government class extends schedule changes into second full week of school
At the start of the school year, according to Assistant Principal Valerie Arbizu, over 23 senior students were on the waitlist or petitioned to switch from College Prep Government (CP Gov) to Advanced Placement Government (AP Gov). In response, the administration converted a fifth-period CP Gov class into an AP Gov class, forcing the original CP Gov students to rearrange their schedules.
Gaza protests return to Bay Area campuses as semester starts
Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. Pro-Palestinian activists returned to protesting on Bay Area college campuses this week, accusing Israel of genocide, calling for “intifada” and pushing back against new policies put in place to prevent a repeat of last school year’s tent chaos.
SFSU Palestine Rally After Summer Break & the Struggle Continues
San Francisco State University students, faculty and supporters of Palestine rallied on Malcom X plaza and announced a partial victory in the struggle to get the university to divest in companies doing military business with Israel. The rally was sponsored by Bay Area Students for Palestine, and General Union Of...
Bulldogs lose heartbreaker to Serra, 22-21
Folsom High’s football team desperately wanted to beat Serra Friday night to get a leg up in the quest for the northern California open division state bowl bid, but it wasn’t their time. Just like it took five games to finally get a win over De La Salle,...
School principal aims to bring educator’s perspective to Sequoia board
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mary Beth Thompson, the executive director of Summit Prep in Redwood City, is one of three candidates competing to replace Carrie Du Bois, a 13-year veteran of the Sequoia Union High School District board. Du Bois represents Area C, which includes parts of Redwood...
Behind the Bargains: A Look Into the Relationship Between Teachers and District Officials
The Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) and the district’s teacher union, the Tamalpais Federation of Teachers (TFT), are in the second century of their deeply ceded and multifaceted relationship. In a community of somewhat newly developed affluence and diverse wealth, these opposing groups are naturally placed in difficult situations where they must adapt and compromise. The establishment of a salary schedule and the negotiations that accompany it both embody the nature of their correspondence.
Students for Gaza SFSU host rally to address university divestment
On Aug. 29, Students for Gaza (S4G) at San Francisco State University held a rally addressing SFSU’s recent divestment from four corporations tied to weapons manufacturing. S4G announced via an Instagram post that they worked with university administration and faculty to form a summer work group, one that reviews SFSU’s investments and develops new language surrounding investment policies.
Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s Institute for California AI Policy Announces First-Ever AI Fellowship Program
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation (SVLGF) has announced a new initiative to develop an innovative AI and machine learning curriculum for community colleges in the greater Bay Area. SVLGF will hire two fellows to create the curriculum with support from the Deloitte Foundation. SVLGF will collaborate with the Foothill-DeAnza Community College District on its first-ever AI Fellowship Program, which aims to help prepare a diverse workforce for the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence that is expected to shape California’s innovation economy.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Appoints New Flute Faculty
Yubeen Kim has been appointed as a professor of flute. Flutist Yubeen Kim, who has been Principal Flute of the San Francisco Symphony since January 2024, has recently been appointed to a faculty position at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Kim's arrival in San Francisco followed a stint as...
HARD CHOICES LOOM ALONGSIDE DEFICIT FOR CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
The nonprofit California College of the Arts (CCA) is mulling cost-cutting measures as a way of reckoning with a $20 million budget shortfall caused by a decline in enrollment, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Bay Area art school estimates that it will kick off the 2024–25 school year with between 1,250 and 1,290 full-time students this fall, about two-thirds the number attending in 2019, when the college enrolled a record 1,800 students, and fewer than the 1,400 who enrolled last fall.
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