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SFUSD’s choice of equity over excellence as basis for school closures ignores voices of parents and diminishes student opportunity
The summer will be anything but quiet for the San Francisco Unified School District as it takes on three monumental challenges — getting its fiscal house in order to prepare for $113 million in budget cuts next year; closing schools in response to low enrollment; and passing a $790 million facilities bond measure on the November ballot.
Personal finance course will soon be required to graduate high school
Soon, all California high school students will learn about college grants and loans, how tax rates work, the benefits of insurance and how interest high rates can blow your budget when you miss a payment on a credit card. Berkeley High personal finance class promises $2.4M ‘for free’. In...
Golden Gate University Faces Legal Battle to Stay Open
A coalition of students and alumni from Golden Gate University filed for a court injunction on Wednesday, aiming to keep the financially troubled San Francisco school open for the upcoming academic year. This legal move is part of a broader lawsuit intending to prevent the planned closure of the university this summer.
Keeping Track of SFUSD’s Three Budget Crises
An unfortunate consequence of addressing multiple crises simultaneously is that it’s easy for the public to get confused, which undermines the credibility needed to build support for painful reforms. SFUSD is addressing three different budget crises simultaneously:. SFUSD needs to cut a substantial amount of money from its 2024-2025...
Richmond graduate to receive CA Charter Schools Association scholarship
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) has selected ten outstanding charter high school students to receive the 2024 Susan Steelman Bragato Scholarship, a statewide award honoring charter high school graduates who have overcome adversity, given back to their communities, and are pursuing post-secondary education in the fall. The list includes Carolina Ayala, a Class of 2024 graduate of Making Waves Academy in Richmond. According to Inayah Baaqee the academy’s Associate Director of Academic Advising, Ayala was one of 81 graduates this year from the Richmond area and throughout Contra Costa County.
Dress Best for Less grants $50,000 for Piedmont schools
On May 16, DBFL Board Member and incoming PEF Board Member Nagisa Yamamoto presented a check for $35,000 to the PEF Board, an addition to the $15,000 contribution made last October. Said Yamamoto, “I am honored to be joining the PEF board as the new DBFL Representative. I am looking forward to working together to support the children of Piedmont.”
Summer school offers new teachers a chance to experiment
Are you a new teacher? If you can, teach summer school!. No, your district did not pay me to say this; there is a method to my madness. Summer school gets a bad rap. Its portrayal in movies doesn’t help either. It’s not just a sweaty classroom full of students who are defiant and rude. In my experience, these are students who just need to fix the mistakes they made in the school year. Summer school should be seen as an opportunity for students and teachers. Teaching summer school can be an extremely beneficial choice, especially for new teachers.
Backcourt of Semetri Carr, Andrew Hilman lead Riordan into Cali Live 24 Pool 1-2 championship game
ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA — The talent is everywhere on the Archbishop Riordan high school boys basketball roster. But the backcourt of senior Semetri Carr and jun
Cal football’s Summer Reading Challenge bridges athletics, education
Cal football’s Summer Reading Challenge started with a touchdown celebration. In 2017, one of Patrick Laird’s teammates suggested he pretend to read a book the next time he scored. And after he breezed past North Carolina for a 54-yard score, the running back obliged. “I was a walk-on...
Longfellow Middle School red-tagging scares Berkeley parents
For the first time in several years, it felt like things were getting into a routine when it came to school, Berkeley parent Rebecca Sherer said. For her rising seventh-grader who attends Longfellow Middle School and her older daughter, things were starting to feel more regular than they had in years.
The SF State Africana Studies Dept. celebrates community engagement
San Francisco State University is the home of the first Black Studies Department in the country – cemented into higher education in 1968 after the Black Student Union-Third World Liberation Front Student Strike. The first director of the Black Studies Department was Dr. Nathan Hare. He was personally recruited by the Black Student Union members for his intellectual aptitude, community engagement and advocacy. We have recently lost a giant in Hare’s passing; however, the Africana Studies Department is determined to preserve his legacy.
Protect the vital Free City College program from deep cuts by the City
San Francisco – The City and County of San Francisco may soon be making cuts to the Free City College program, which is funded by Proposition W, a municipal tax on property transfers worth over $5 million that was adopted into law in 2016. Although the tax generates $30 to $38 million per year for the City and County of San Francisco – and the Free City College program currently receives only about half that amount – the City is considering further reducing its contribution to the program.
Former Chancellor Carol Christ addresses Jewish community, outlines support plans
Toward the eve of her term as chancellor, Carol Christ addressed the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Jewish Student Life and Campus Climate, or CACJSLCC, in a letter outlining UC Berkeley plans to support the Jewish community. The letter — sent June 24 — follows Christ’s promise after a recent...
UC names new chair, vice chair for board of regents
The University of California announced that Janet Reilly is the next chair of the system’s board of regents and Maria Anguiano is the board’s new vice chair. The terms for both began on Monday. Reilly was originally appointed as a regent in 2019. She was formerly an executive...
ACC officially adds Cal, SMU and Stanford to the conference
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference continues to ACCOMPLISH GREATNESS with the addition of three world-class institutions in the University of California, Berkeley (Cal), Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Stanford University as full members with full voting participation. SMU’s first official day in the ACC is July 1, 2024, while Cal and Stanford will become official members on August 2, 2024. All three institutions will begin conference competition this fall. The additions of Cal, SMU and Stanford enhance and strengthen the ACC academically, athletically and financially as well as create a true national conference that spans coast to coast. The incoming universities...
High school mentorship programs prepare next generation of medical professionals
If trends and statistics hold true, medical scrubs soon will be commonplace for many American workers. Health care occupations are expected to soar higher than average for all other occupations from 2022 to 2032, with 1.8 million openings on average per year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Good Form & Royal Coffee Team Up To Offer Two Scholarships For The Q Exam
Becoming a Q Grader is perhaps one of the most difficult certifications in all of coffee. It requires rigorous study, 20 different tests—often with multiple retakes—with a pass rate around 25-30%. And it’s prohibitively expensive, sometimes in the thousands of dollars if travel is required to take the exams.
The Oakland Ed Week in Review 6/22/24-6/28/24
We’re back with our roundup of education news from around The Town, the Bay Area, state, and nation for your weekend reading. This is a Dirk favorite and one of the last blogs he published for Great School Voices. As the school year draws to a close across the...
Molly Gray towers over California high school divers after 2 close calls
CONCORD, CA (July 1, 2024) — Clayton Valley Charter is now home to the best one-meter female high school diver in the state of California. Winning the state diving championship, holding the all-time NCS record and being a two-time NISCA All-America, Molly Gray has accomplished a lot in her first three years of high school.
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