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Report #22 of Consent Decree Monitor (August 1, 2005)
District "Fact Sheet" on UESF Negotiations
Initiatives Qualified for the 2005 Special Election
    
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/2006/10/
California Connected: The Lunch Lady
BOE Candidate forum video available
Google For Educators
School Beat: Yes on Prop. A and Prop. 1D !
School food on TV
BOE Candidate Forum Tomorrow Night!
School Board Notes 10.10.06
JROTC in the news
Clinton foundation deal on snack foods
School Board Notes 10.05.06
The missing KIPP students
Arts Education Master Plan
Jamie Oliver should talk to Dana
School Board Notes 10.03.06 - Candidates' Panel
SFBG Endorsements are in
LWV and PPS Candidate's Forum
SFist BOE candidate interviews
Examiner Endorsements Announced
School photoblogging: Leonard Flynn returns
         
/2006/09/
Governor squeezes 'lemons'
2006 SfSchools BOE Questionnaire
MySpace gets out the vote
School Board Notes 9.26.06
BOE endorsements
2006 BOE Election and School Bond Information
BOE, what it takes to win
"doing whatever it takes"
SfSchools weekly calendar
Corrupt to the core, even when doing good
Chron BOE candidate profiles
Technology integration?
Here we go again . . .
Presidio plan info
Back To School - Lifehacker
Help the Presidio
Heatlhy food starts at home
They have helicopter parents too
L.A. Schools governed by... a matrix of pols?
Grading the Candidates on Student Nutrition
BOE candidate questions
Prop A campaign gets kicked off
SF for Democracy BOE Candidate Questions
Drop out, get killed
BOE thumbs up on Mandarin Immerision
Samson Wong on the BOE race
Dancing Lemons? or Festering Lemons?
Eduwonk "And If You're Going..."
End early decision or not? A pro-con
San Francisco Schools Site Map
Harvard Ends Early Admission
Dismay in the 408
LifeHacker: Top Ten No Sympathy Lines
Edwize takes another swipe at WSF
Comments on San Francisco's Weighted Student Formula
High-scoring KIPP and its mysterious ways
Teach for America -- and for status
School photoblogging circa 1914
Calishpere - primary sources for California history
Lunchbox ideas?
PDK Poll on Attitudes Toward the Public Schools
SfSchools weekly calendar
UESF School Board Endorsements
SF 2006 API Growth Data
Bill would give districts some control over charters
Reality bites in Berkeley school food revolution
Charters can be sued for fraudulent claims
         
/2006/08/
SfSchools invites all BOE candidates to blog
Back to school for School Beat
Committee Considers Changes to Student Assignment
GreatSchools.net keeps the School Board Notes
SAT scores tank
Grab-and-Go in the news
Back to School 2006
Why the diversity index remains in place?
STAR test results in the news
AsianWeek reviews the enrollment controversy
8/22 BOE Meeting Webcast
Congratulations to Deborah Sims
The Examiner probes graduation requirements
The Aim High controversy
Jerry Brown pushed charter, let other schools rot
Give some love to our Summer of Love Challenge
M&R take a swipe at the school bond
And the BOE Candidates are...
What does 0M buy?
0M School Facilities Bond Initiative
BOE Meeting Webcast
The Trend Toward Inclusion
Catching up with Teachers of the Month
Maybe the kids are alright
Promoting scientific literacy
         
/2006/07/
EdWize attacks WSF
Bill Gates, the nation's school superintendent
Eliminating public schools a degree at a time
Just the facts: U.S. grad rate at its highest ever
Mr. Rogers Melts A Heart
What Was Maureen Faibish Thinking?
Tarik Aldalali's progress
AlterNet: two articles on autism
The perils of a public superintendent search
Boston Update
You vill open this charter school
TMAO's school's remarkable rebound
Schools Matter: How Can Schools Be Accountable?
Two Angry Moms
Envision charter's financial woes hit the press
Charters' latest: sham 'parents' union'
Feds to California: give parents choices
Summer of Love Challenge Spotlight: Marshall's Discovery Park in Coloma
Business Week profiles Gates Foundation
         
/2006/06/
Special Education Resources for SFUSD Parents
Things Ms. Frizzle did to help me were...
Charter school fires teacher for organizing effort
WSF Suddenly grabs center stage
Loans boost charter schools
Summer of Love Heats Up!
Save the School Board Notes series!
School Board Notes?
Ackerman bows out, Sims interested
Ackerman and Sims short-listed for Boston Superintendent
Budget update
Charter schools: where the megabucks are
The exaggerated dropout crisis
Catching up wtih School Beat
School Board Notes 6.20.06
Graduation rates reported
Kim's read of the '06-'07 budget proposal
Special Ed Crisis in DC: A Look at Our Future?
More on the DC meltdown
Happy summer vacation
Galileo student fights for his life
DonorsChoos Challenge Spotlight: Linocut Printmaking
NCLB innumeracy
Ms. Alioto-Pier's Bad Idea
Bad Idea Shelved
Update on the E.R. Tayloer missing funds
School Board Notes 6.13.06
Breaking controversy at ER Taylor Elementary
Top Ten Posts from our first year
District elections: a solution in search of a problem
Proposed 06-07 Budget Released
Budget factoid: ADA revenue loss
Charter schools: another deregulation flop
Harmful fads 1A: Edison and KIPP
Summer of Love Challenge Spotlight: Math You Can Touch
Hornets' NEST stirred in New York
Yet another kid-harming charter school mess
The media and misty-eyed SFUSD parents
SfSchools Summer of Love Challenge
Happy birthday sfschools!
Heaping mounds of steaming fresh data at Ed-Data
"Free Republic" Wingnuts on our idiotic JROTC ban
Lone-wolf PTO or strength-in-numbers PTA?
Leadership charter wreaks damage in Stockton
A lobbying powerhouse for schools and kids
Wise poet from the 408
Part III: Reaching Special Education Ideals is Still Far Off
Final installment of Chronicle series "Schools at a Crossroads"
SfSchools weekly calendar
School Beat: Reaching Special Education Ideals is Still Far Off
         
/2006/05/
Chron Series: SF Schools In Crisis
Chilling civics lesson
SfSchools weekly calendar
School Beat on Green Schools
Another air quality issue for kids: school buses
School Board Notes 5.23.06
Community Budget Workshop Notes
School Beat: The Revised Budget Gives Less Than You Think
Update on High School Graduation Requirements
SfSchools weekly calendar
Community Members Selected To Advise District on Long-range Plan
The return of school photoblogging: Leonard R. Flynn ES
School photoblogging: Ceasar Chavez ES
Donors Choose, kids win
Highlights from the May 5, 2006 PEN Newsblast
A Portrait of America’S Teachers from NEA
Impressions from the Community Budget Workshop
Kim's notes for Special Meeting on School and Program Relocations
SfSchools weekly calendar
Submit your budget question here
Chron: Oakland teachers approve contract
Oakland Teachers Vote
School Board Notes 5.9.06
NYT Editorial: Reining in Charter Schools
SFWeekly critique, part 2
Similar schools and the chaos factor
Ed news round-up 5.8.2006
Geographic ignorance
KC's Best of the Carnival, #65
Errors in SFWeekly article on small schools
Yahoo Groups service issues
Charter school accused of discrimination
SfSchools weekly calendar
High praise for Lowell journalism
Thank a Teacher Today Campaign
A day without immigrants -- and no students too!
UESF: 95% Vote to Ratify Contract
         
/2006/04/
SfSchools has a calendar!
SFUSD to hold public budget info session
MySpace Panic!!!
School Board Notes 4.25.06
The ongoing Prop H saga
Kudos to Sunset and Lafayette -- Distinguished Schools!
School Beat on BOE fire fighting
SfSchools calendar for all
UESF Contract Details
Catching up with School Beat
News flash: kids smarter than web filters
School Board Budget Committee Notes
Uproar over supposed NCLB "loophole"
Board Begins Process to Revise Student Assignment
On Shaky Ground
Student Assignment Committee Report
Atlantic Monthly: Going Public
Best of the carnival
Pay up, Kindergarten cop!
More settlement reports
First report - strike averted!
Reason profiles SFUSD
Reason interviews Ackerman
UESF: mediation update
Bad Karma Boomerang
The Muddle Machine
Strike notes
Ed News Roundup 4.6.06
Board Moves to Prepare for Strike
A point in the closed-session discussion
Meanwhile, back to the teachers...
NYT a case study of charter school risks
Blabbing about closed sessions is illegal
The BOE, closed sessions and leaks
         
/2006/03/
SFUSD API spreadsheets updated with 2005 API data
UESF: SF Educators Overwhelmingly Vote to Approve a Strike
Learning Disabled Left Behind
Schools on the rise
School Board Notes 3.28.06
SFUSD Negotiation Updates
Neil Bush's Ignite! — Beware!
Ed news round-up
Great API info from GreatSchools.net
Sandra Day O'Connor Unbound!
everybody's doing it?
Is there such thing as too much sunshine?
Wanton attacks on SFUSD hurt kids
A continual state of crisis
Looking for teen theater group?
Special Ed Lawyers Living Large?
UESF: Strike Authorization Vote, Mediation Update
Still Talking About Special Ed
Summary Base API Data 2000-2004
Complete API data for SFUSD, '99-'05
2005 Base API Data Published
SFUSD 2006-2007 Instructional Calendar
New blog layout
Lowell keeps arena scheduling
Calling home
"It's child abuse."
UESF: Strike vote by March 31st
While We're Talking About Enrollment . . .
Kitchen Table Math: Falling Off The Math Cliff
School Board Notes 3.14.06
March Pro Madness
A cheater took SFUSD's Broad Prize money!
The assignment process: what's next
SFUSD assignments
Enrollment Info
St. Louis blog distorts the Ackerman story
Charter chaos in Sacramento
Carnival of Education
SFUSD: School Site Councils Resources
School Board Notes 3.7.06
Koufax nomination for Left in SF
Carbonated Benzene
NYT: Re-examining ADHD
Envision Schools' flagship on the financial rocks
Reed Hastings' charter and his motives
Lowell High in a tizzy
School Beat: A Library Without a Librarian is Just a Room Full of Books
Posting history of the Sfschools list
School Board Notes 2.28.06
         
/2006/02/
No good deed goes unpunished?
Ms. Frizzle - "I teach to the test"
Teaching in the 408: Absurdity in the Pre-School Debate
SF School Photoblogging: Everett MS, Take 2
More Info on MySpace
Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?
UESF Declares Impasse
School Board Notes 2.14.06
District "Fact Sheet" on UESF Negotiations
Matching Contributions
New superintendent, old story
Extra-special Education
Both learning-disabled and GATE: chat about it
826 Valencia January Teacher of the Month
What went wrong in Minneapolis?
Book Suggestions for Boys - an unconventional source (for SF)
Ackerman in the (bad) news
The charter school "sorting hat"
Supporting teachers -- or taking aim at them?
Help your child's school thrive
An unexpected perspective
More on charters hurting districts
Purls of wisdom on the S.F. Board of Ed
NAACP support for NCLB in CT
Disillusionment over Teach for America
         
/2006/01/
Two meetings about the school closure process
How to get money for schools
Jenny D.: Teach Kids Science Early
2006 Newbery, Caldecott awards
School Board Notes 1.24.06
SF Schools Map Updated
Update on UESF negotiations
More reports on the School Closure Meeting
GreatSchools.net: Board Closes Some Schools, Spares Many
First reports from School Closure Meeting
Examiner Op-ed: S.F. schools valued, but need help
Summary of School Mergers presentation
Summary of School & Program Consolidations
This week's education articles
Charter schools OK'd; districts have no say
School Board Notes 1.12.06
S.F. charter operator in financial hot water
SF actions: Open Letter to SFUSD Board, Supervisors, Mayor
School Board Notes 1.10.06
Left in SF - School Closure Meetings
Edwize » “Framing Dropouts” Revisited
Grants not Taxes? Is all this grant writing sane?
Enrollment Deadline Delayed
A survey of recent education stories
One view of Arlene Ackerman
Teaching in the 408: Capitalism, Competition, and Education
         
/2005/12/
CIF Sports Website
SF School Photoblogging: Everett MS
Open letter to Gordon Getty
From the 12/23 PEN Weekly NewsBlast
Hokum for the yokels
Closures/mergers Update
Free-market principles and snake oil
Community Meetings on School Closures, Mergers and Relocations
SF School Photoblogging: Balboa HS
School Beat: Of Profits and Schools
School Board Notes 12.13.05
SFOP parents take wrong tack on small schools
Money for schools -- but only some
Wikipedia - caveat lector
School Beat: The Continuing School Closure Saga
The states of scientific education
School Board Notes 12.06.05
Charters mean school closures
Potential SFUSD school mergers
School Board Notes 12.05.05
The return of Photoblogging: McKinley ES
Search sfschools
Cool new google map for CA schools
         
/2005/10/
School Board Notes - 10.27.05
Time to get serious about the election
School Board Notes, 10.25.2005
SF School Photoblogging: Mission High
Impossible expectations
Visualize new pot club rules
SFUSD Parent Letter from 10/05/05
Handy guide to school "reforms"
Local 790 "Why We’ll Strike"
SFUSD School Fair on October 29th
SF School Photoblogging: Aptos Middle School
GreatSchools.net: School Board Notes 10/11/05
RAND: Edison schools' outcomes 'not certain'
Pot clubs vs. kids & neighborhoods, part 2
College admissions unmasked
Kids and the flu
Labor roller coaster, continued...
More money for your school! We mean it
A parent's concern about pot clubs
TPM Cafe: A true story about Bill Bennett
         
/2005/11/
Charter schools bully another district
Teaching in the 408: More Readings
826 Valencia October Teacher of the Month
Troubles at Jerry Brown's arts charter
A charter story that pushes the skepticism buttons
Mark Sanchez has the floor
Sibling Assignment Deadline, December 2nd!
No Education Reporter Left Behind Manifesto
Poltical Animal - Republicans and Education
High stakes for S.F. public schools
School Board Notes – 11.15.05
Strike Averted -- District and Union Reach Agreement
Strike rumors info
Waiting...
Now I know why I voted for Prop I
PPS - School Beat and Labor Info
Eric Mar on the end of the Consent Decree
Edwize - Parental Involvement
Let's keep the good news coming
Less for teachers, more for janitors?
Liar! Liar! Pants on Fire!
A Choose Your Own Ending Story
Why charters mean school closures
District Names Schools for Possible Closure
Nix All Six!
Local 790: What We’Re Fighting For
Ackerman: S.F. can avoid a school strike
Prop I: Alternatives to Military Service
Slapping down schoolkids
Gangs in the schools?
This Week In Education BlogMap
Shout out to "Teaching in the 408"
Urban teachers have it tough
         
/2005/09/
SEIU negotiations in context
SF School Board Notes 9.28.05
SEIU/SFUSD Update
Grab n Go Breakfast is a hit at Balboa High School
Updated San Francisco Schools Information Map
PPS: "How to choose an elementary school", September 28th
BeyondChron School Beat: The Annual School Search
SF School Photoblogging: Lakeshore Elementary
A word about MySpace.com
SFUSD CIF Sports Website
Shortchanging Poor Schools
NYC Teacher's union weighs in on improving high poverty schools
Beyond Chron - What's in YOUR Proposition H?
SF School Photoblogging: Mission High
S.F. School Board Notes - Septermber 13, 2005
You can kiss your Prop H funds goodbye!
Prop H money for teacher/staff raises or bonuses?
Arlene Ackerman's letter of resignation
SF School Photoblogging
SF School Photoblogging: Lincoln
Severance pay: It's a guy thing?
Severance
Helping Katrina Evacuees
BOE Notes: Superintendent to Leave the District
SFSOS just doesn't get it
         
/2005/08/
A union-run charter school in NYC?
Daily Howler -- Back to School Blues
First Day of School
Kids' needs should take priority
Sick out
Edwonk: Kindergarten Cop vs. CTA
Charter schools' press vs. reality
UESF statement concerning possible SEIU job actions
Welcome back?
826 Valencia: Teacher of the Month
About the school bus drivers contract negotiations
Happy Summer Vacation!
The latest SFUSD consent decree monitor report
         
/2005/07/
Look out! It's gonna get your child
The Ackerman-must-go movement
Chron: Ackerman -- why stay?
SFUSD monitor's 13 fave schools
Send Wal-Mart "Back to School"
Dallas scandal has SFUSD ties
Gatesbucks and miracles vs. fads
Propositions are set. Take aim!
SfSchools. Is it a list? Is it a blog?
SFUSD School Info Google Map Hack
SfGate: In search of problem teachers
CounterPunch: Beyond Opt-Out
The school privatization god that failed
Another reason to Kill Your TV
What is up with the budget?
Compromised testing
Charters, give our kids their money...
         
/2005/06/
Post budget blues
Stop Arnold, Starting Now
Prop 98 Kiss of Death Initiative
The Muzzle the Left Initiative
Teacher Job Security, or "Put the Kids First Act."
Friedman: Behind Every Grad...
         
/2005/05/
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