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The U.S. Department of Education said school districts have long struggled to hire enough specialty teachers and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the shortage.
From the column: "Parents everywhere (are dealing) with the frustrations of school closures, masking requirements, and what feels like never-ending uncertainty."
Having left the city I grew up in, I did not pay much attention to its school board — until the barrage of bad decisions became too hard to ignore.
Faced with a lawsuit and an unfavorable ruling from a Superior Court judge, the San Francisco school board voted on Tuesday to rescind a controversial January resolution approving the renaming of 44 district schools. The reversal, approved 6-0 at a regular board meeting conducted on Zoom, means that Dianne Feinstein Elementary School, Abraham Lincoln High School and others that had attracted considerable controversy during the renaming process will remain unchanged for now. The board said it would revisit the renaming effort only after students returned to school five days a week, likely in t...
The renaming of Dianne Feinstein Elementary School in San Francisco is on hold after public outcry over a school board plan to rename 44 public schools brought unwelcome attention, including local opposition from parents and negative international headlines. In an opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle this week, school board president Gabriela López said the debate has been “distracting” in light of the pressing need to reopen schools. “We recognize we need to slow down,” she said in the statement, published Sunday. “And we need to provide more opportunities for community in...