K-12 Funding and Administration

Schoolhouse Rocked: S.F.'s Most Controversial Charter School Throws Off For-Profit Masters

School Board Members Burn Through $13K in San Francisco Trip

This "San Francisco Treat" would have been more economical...​School board members are, apparently, slow learners. How else to explain a St. Louis-area board member being dinged -- twice -- for smoking in his hotel room, resulting in the general public forking over $500? Board members from the Fer ... More >>

List: Why S.F. School Board Members Deserve Raises

This "San Francisco Treat" would have been more economical...​School board members are, apparently, slow learners. How else to explain a St. Louis-area board member being dinged -- twice -- for smoking in his hotel room, resulting in the general public forking over $500? Board members from the Fer ... More >>

City Bails Out Schools While Taxpayers Boost School Board Salaries

School board members' salaries​San Francisco city supervisors are thinking to bail out the local school district --  again. Understandably so: Schools are in dire straits financially.But what's more difficult to understand is why taxpayers are being asked to increase salaries of the education ... More >>

S.F. School Board Raises Move Ahead; Budget Cuts Loom

Our schools are broke, but so are our teachers ​Nevermind the steep budget cuts facing our schools -- San Francisco education officials want a hefty raise and it looks as though they might get one. After much debate over the last several months, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors favored placi ... More >>

School Board Wants Higher Pay, Budget Crisis Looms

Just shake it​San Francisco's education board wants to make more money for the job it does. And although it's not quite like UC executives who are demanding an increase in their budget-sucking pensions, it could come across as similarly unfair considering the school district is facing its own mind ... More >>

The Identity Card

Voting by race has made the city's political representation more Asian. It could be what puts 33-year-old Jane Kim on the board of supervisors.

Would Giving Non-Citizens the Vote Be Another 'Only-In-San Francisco' Move?

Vote, ladies...​Board Prez David Chiu says allowing immigrants to vote for school board would be neither expensive nor unusualThrow this one on the pile of things out-of-towners love to hate about our city. It's the place where you can't buy a soda out of a soda machine, can't buy a pet, can't buy ... More >>

Be Green

Vote, ladies...​Board Prez David Chiu says allowing immigrants to vote for school board would be neither expensive nor unusualThrow this one on the pile of things out-of-towners love to hate about our city. It's the place where you can't buy a soda out of a soda machine, can't buy a pet, can't buy ... More >>

The Principal Matter

Teachers said Principal Gil Cho was dictatorial. Students said he manhandled them. The school district said he was doing a good job.