Colleges and universities are facing a reckoning. As they become more expensive to operate, and as demographics and the pandemic squeeze enrollment, labor strife between administrators, faculty and staff is …
By Kate Lazarus and John Crittenden Special to The Examiner Recently, we have seen the reemergence of a longstanding misconception that the California Education Code section requiring “random, unbiased” school…
The University of San Francisco and the San Francisco Art Institute, two prestigious Bay Area institutions of higher education, said Wednesday they have signed a letter of intent to explore…
Three weeks into the return from winter break, San Francisco schools are still grappling with record numbers of COVID-19 cases, extreme staffing shortages, backlogged tests and demands for more testing…
As San Francisco schools struggle to make up for a massive staffing crisis brought on by rising cases of COVID-19, some teachers are skipping school to protest a limited availability…
As COVID-19 cases surge to new highs, many San Francisco families are struggling to find appointments or rapid tests for their children before classes resume Monday. Starting Sunday, the San…
To San Francisco school officials, having to cut $90 million from next year’s budget means trimming some extra-curricular offerings. But to students relying on these programs, they are just as…
One Daly City school district has a different approach to raising badly needed revenue: Build predominantly market-rate housing on district land and reap part of the profits. School districts have…
Why build a new school now? That’s the question some are asking the San Francisco Unified School District, which, in the face of a $125 million deficit and under state…
There’s a reason Christopher Guest mockumentaries and fictional TV shows like “Schitt’s Creek” and “Parks and Recreation” are so popular. They reveal the humor and pathos in the daily travails…
