Why S.F. has a severe shortage of substitute teachers

The San Francisco Chronicle - Jill Tucker "In September, there [...]

November 4th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, San Francisco, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Program takes school gardening to new level: entrepreneurship

The San Francisco Chronicle - Jill Tucker "Each of the [...]

November 1st, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Entrepreneurship, High School, Learning, News, San Francisco, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How many homeless S.F. schoolkids? Enough to fill 70 classrooms

The San Francisco Chronicle - Jill Tucker "One out of [...]

October 26th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parenting, Parents, San Francisco, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Bay Area schools scramble for qualified teachers amid shortage

The San Francisco Chronicle - Jill Tucker "A long-predicted teacher [...]

October 13th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, San Francisco, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Three R’s For The Digital Age: Rockets, Robots And Remote Control

NPR - Anya Kamenetz "Make Magazine, a kind of latter-day [...]

September 27th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Robotics, San Francisco, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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S.F. teachers miss more school than students on average

The San Francisco chronicle - Jill Tucker "While absenteeism is [...]

August 18th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, San Francisco, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Truancy court: Parents get support, kids get to school

The San Francisco Chronicle - Jill Tucker "In the past [...]

June 23rd, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Attendance, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, San Francisco, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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604 Bay Area teachers get classroom wish lists funded by Google

The Mercury News - Sharon Noguchi "Google's gift totaled nearly [...]

March 31st, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Funding, Learning, News, San Francisco, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Salary, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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More young Americans learning Mandarin

China Daily USA - Chen Jia "The Metters believe that [...]

March 27th, 2014|Categories: China, Chinese, Foreign Language, Mandarin, San Francisco|Tags: Education, School|

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Book giveaway encourages reading among underprivileged kids

The San Francisco Chronicle - Peter Fimrite "There is nothing [...]

March 2nd, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, Low Income, Low Performing, News, San Francisco, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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