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Reformer Moves Education Crusade to Sacramento; Shock Waves Extend to Bay Area
Education reformer Michelle Rhee has moved her crusade aimed at revamping public schools to Northern California, lock, stock and revolutionary philosophy. Ms. Rhee, who gained fame (or to some,...
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President Obama Says Winning the Future Requires Teamwork
President Obama released a statement on March 8, 2011 that outlines his plan to “win the future” by uniting “government, business, philanthropists, educators and local communities” to promote...
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Randall Museum offers Artists Workshops for kids 6 to 12
With art classes in schools getting the ax as school districts face sharp budget cuts, parents who want their children to benefit from exposure to the arts must look for different educational...
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NSTA: Celebrating the joy of science
This weekend the National Science Teachers Association hosted its annual conference in San Francisco at the Moscone Center from Thursday, March 10 to Sunday, March 13th. The conference offered an...
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Thank a Teacher Campaign
Do you have an exceptional teacher you would like to thank? Is there a teacher at your school who deserves to be honored for the work they do? The San Francisco Education Fund invites you to formally...
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School Districts are Running Out of Options
Windsor Unified School District’s board meeting last night revealed a grim picture of education that is being mirrored around the state. Teachers who received pink slips wore pink to the meeting and...
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Free Saturday classes for children at de Young Museum
The de Young Museum located in Golden Gate Park is offering a wide array of classes for all age levels. Currently they are offering free Saturday classes that tour the “permanent collections and...
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5th Annual Bay Area Schools Environmental Conference
Do you want to foster a love for the environment in your students? Are you interested in teaching them realistic ways they can make a difference? Want to empower them with the knowledge they need to...
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Hope and Beyond 2011: Where Every Day is Earth Day
Hope and Beyond celebrates Earth Day 2011 with a “show and tell” event that will showcase student service and learning projects. The theme of this celebration is “Where Every Day is Earth Day” and...
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Teaching Digital Writing in the Digital Divide
The increasing integration of digital writing into traditional classes is an exciting new development in education. As Eidman-Aadahl at the University of California, Berkeley points out in the article...
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Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week 2011
Do you have a teacher who has significantly impacted your life? Are there teachers at your school you would like to recognize? Is your school planning to celebrate your teachers for their hard work...
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California teachers and students are living in a State of Emergency
This Friday, May 13 there is a rally for Public Education Funding at the San Francisco Civic Center- corner of Polk St. and McAllister St. from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Teachers from all over Central and...
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John Muir Elementary Offers Rare Summer School Program
San Francisco’s John Muir Elementary School is one of the few schools in the Bay Area offering programs for students this summer. The program is being paid for by federal funding because Muir has been...
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Will Bay Area Schools Prioritize Healthy Diets to Support Student Success?
The recent release of the Journal of American Medical Association piece stating that extremely obese children should be removed from the home coupled with the annual F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens...
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Superintendent's Zone Teachers are back to work
August 10th- Today is the first day back to work for Superintendent’s Zone Teachers in the San Francisco Unified School District.Some reader’s may be wondering what is the Superintendent’s Zone? It...
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California State PTA Group: Valuable Resource for Parents and Teachers
Teachers and parents looking for ideas, support and help in everything from planning meetings or managing finances to writing articles for local newsletters and websites need look no further than...
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Northern California & Southern California Advocate for Arts in Education
Bay Area arts community groups united in an unprecedented collaboration to celebrate national arts during Education Week, September 11–17. They held a series of events aimed at supporting the arts in...
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Bullying Goes Viral
Bullying in school now extends beyond the classroom walls and into students’ lives via social networking sites and their cell phones. Technology is permeating our society and changing the way many...
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California Gov. Brown Explains Veto of API Reform Bill
"Adding more speedometers to a broken car won't turn it into a high-performance machine,"the governor wrote.Was California Governor Jerry Brown wrong to veto SB 547? It’s a bill that would...
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Is Technology Integration the Key to Engaging More Students in Science?
A statewide survey conducted in California by Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkley, SRI International, and a Menlo Park-based research institute and WestEd found that 10% of “California elementary...
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