by Beth Holmes | Mar 21, 2022 | News, Teacher Issues
San Francisco teachers are staging an overnight protest in their district office, and it will continue until they’re paid, they say. The San Francisco Unified School District migrated to a new payroll system in January, according to teachers. And since they...
by Sarah Green | Feb 10, 2017 | News, Student Issues
San Francisco’s City College is a two-year school, serving something more than 30,000 students a year. Recently restructured to address accreditation concerns, the college offers courses in over 150 disciplines, both academic and occupational. It’s a valuable part of...
by Sarah Green | Jul 9, 2014 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
A new program called HEARTS- Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools—has been making headway in San Francisco, which has seen a drop of 89% of suspensions within its schools. Children that are found to be dealing with trauma, violence at home,...
by Sarah Green | Feb 28, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
In 1998 California passed Proposition 227 which states that bilingual students cannot learn to read and write in any language other than English. Sixteen years later certain parts of the state, San Francisco in particular, have found loopholes around the law that are...
