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San Francisco Unified School District students walking to class on the first day of school, Aug. 17, 2022. (Photo/Instagram @londonbreed)
Posted inEducation

S.F. school board backtracks on Muslim holidays until new ‘calendering process’ is developed

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 21, 2022September 25, 2022
Ken Burns speaking at the Library of Congress in 2019 (Photo/Shawn Miller-Library of Congress)
Posted inOpinion

JCRC mayoral forum should be more inclusive; Ken Burns wrong on FDR; etc.

by J. Readers September 15, 2022
Lowell High School
Posted inEducation

S.F. school board facing legal questions about new Muslim holidays policy

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 18, 2022August 18, 2022
Lucia da Silva (center) prays with Women of the Wall during her bat mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall. (Photo/Forward-Tal Kfir Schurr)
Posted inOpinion

Sorry situation at Western Wall; SFUSD wrong on Muslim holidays; etc.

by J. Readers August 18, 2022August 18, 2022
A view of San Francisco Unified School District's Mission High School from Dolores Park. (Photo/Flickr-Don Barrett CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inEducation

San Francisco school board votes to close schools on two Muslim holidays

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 10, 2022August 17, 2022
Redding Elementary School principal Maurice Gause (left) and teacher Mai-Tien Nguyen (center) at Redding's fifth-grade graduation, June 1, 2022.
Posted inFirst Person

A glimmer of hope from a diverse group of San Francisco fifth-graders

Meta Pasternak by Meta Pasternak June 15, 2022June 15, 2022
Members of the United Educators of San Francisco, the union that represents the school district's teachers, rally for Proposition 15 in Oct. 2020. (Photo/Brooke Anderson)
Posted inEducation

After BDS endorsement, S.F. teachers’ union passes resolution against antisemitism

by Gabriel Greschler June 3, 2021June 3, 2021
Members of the United Educators of San Francisco, the union that represents the school district's teachers, rally for Proposition 15 in Oct. 2020. (Photo/Brooke Anderson)
Posted inNews

Pushback against S.F. teachers’ union BDS endorsement

by Gabriel Greschler May 27, 2021June 1, 2021
A view of San Francisco Unified School District's Mission High School from Dolores Park. (Photo/Flickr-Don Barrett CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inEducation

SFUSD teachers union endorses Israel boycott movement

by Gabriel Greschler May 25, 2021November 22, 2023
Feinstein Elementary, named for the current U.S. senator and former San Francisco mayor, was slated for renaming under an SFUSD board plan. (Photo/Google Maps)
Posted inEducation

Renaming of SF schools suspended: Feinstein and Sutro safe for now

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 23, 2021

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