By Ari Burack
June 26, 2008
San Francisco’s public school admissions system, intended to foster diversity in schools, is actually “an expensive failure,” according to a civil grand jury report released today.
The report focused on the city’s kindergarten students and concluded that the San Francisco Unified School District’s School Choice policy, is “unnecessarily complex and confusing, time […]
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Political journalist and best-selling Author David Sirota’s new book, The Uprising,
has made the New York Times’ bestseller list.
Photo by Luke Thomas
June 12, 2008
David Sirota’s new book on Right and Left populism makes top 20 nonfiction books
The New York Times today announced that David Sirota’s new book, THE UPRISING, will appear on its upcoming […]
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George Calys
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By George Calys
June 6, 2008
“When we build let us think we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work that our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone upon stone, that […]
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By Jesse Dungan
June 5, 2008
More than $1.7 million has been awarded to Northern California schools and school districts to improve their readiness and emergency response plans, the U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday.
The Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools grant is providing a total of $24 million to 92 school districts in 34 states nationwide. […]
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Lisa Moresco
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By Lisa Moresco
May 13, 2008
With dance, they say, you can make romance, you can feed the soul, and you can even show-up your partner by gliding through all your steps backwards in a tight-fitting ball gown on high heels.
But can you change the future of disadvantaged youth? Can you join together […]
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Supervisor Sophie Maxwell
joined residents and community leaders yesterday
to celebrate the groundbreaking of a landmark youth education facility
in Bayview Hunters Point.
Photo courtesy Literacy for Environmental Justice
From Literacy for Environmental Justice
April 23, 2008
Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ), a non-profit organization in the Bayview, brought together city and state officials, community leaders, […]
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Green Party Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney
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By Cynthia McKinney
Earth Day Celebration, April 15,
California State University, Northridge.
April 19, 2008
I would like to thank the students at Cal State University, Northridge for inviting me to speak on campus today. I have just returned from an exciting trip to Mexico City and I’d like to […]
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Teachers, families, union leaders and elected officials held a rally yesterday in San Francisco
to protest education budget cuts proposed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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By John Han
March 12, 2008
The California State Assembly is expected to vote today on a bill to place a 6 percent severance tax on every barrel of oil produced in […]
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