Parents call for stability ahead of third potential Board of Ed leadership change in ten months
***PRESS RELEASE*** SF PARENT COALITION CALLS FOR STABILITY AHEAD OF THIRD POTENTIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION LEADERSHIP CHANGE IN TEN MONTHS SAN FRANCISCO, CA 01/10/2023 – Later today, the San Francisco Board of Education will hold its first meeting of 2023, with a newly composed board following November’s election. Parents are keeping a close watch for…
Read MoreIt’s 2023… What can parents expect from SFUSD & the BOE? (January Newsletter)
Weekly updates from SF Parents Happy 2023, SF Parent Coalition community! What’s on your wishlist for this year? Here are some things on ours: SFUSD’s follow through on their literacy commitments. Plus: We’d like to see schools supplement reading instruction with additional reading supports between now and the literacy program overhaul, which will require…
Read More12/29/2022 EOY and a Look Ahead
Weekly updates from SF Parents Dear Parents and Supporters, We thought 2021 was the Year of the Parent Advocate, but 2022 proved even more powerful. Parents kicked off the calendar year by mobilizing volunteer efforts in partnership with SFUSD and the business community to get PPE to teachers and students. Eighty parents signed…
Read MoreNewsletter December 29, 2022 Spanish
Weekly updates from SF Parents Pensamos que 2021 era el Año del Defensor de los Padres, pero 2022 demostró ser aún más poderoso. Los padres iniciaron el año calendario movilizando esfuerzos de voluntarios en asociación con el SFUSD y la comunidad empresarial para llevar PPE a maestros y estudiantes. Ochenta padres se inscribieron para postularse…
Read MoreNewsletter Dec 6, 2022 Spanish
Weekly updates from SF Parents No todos los boletines que recibimos comparten noticias tan increíbles. Tenemos una VICTORIA para que los estudiantes lo anuncien. Primero (ICYMI), en octubre, después de un año de investigación y defensa preliminar por parte de muchos de USTEDES (¡gracias!), la Junta de Educación adoptó una meta de mejora de la…
Read MoreNewsletter, December 6, 2022
Weekly updates from SF Parents It’s not every newsletter we get to share such awesome news. We have a WIN for students to announce. First (ICYMI), back in October, after a year of research and preliminary advocacy by many of YOU (thank you!), the Board of Education adopted an early literacy improvement goal in…
Read MorePress Release: SFUSD in Crisis with Post-Pandemic Black Student Math Outcomes
*** PRESS RELEASE *** STATE DATA ON POST-PANDEMIC STUDENT OUTCOMES REVEALS EDUCATION CRISIS FOR BLACK STUDENTS ATTENDING SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Recently released data from the CA Department of Education illustrates that Black student proficiency in math has fallen far below pre-pandemic levels, and SF Unified now among bottom of districts across the state…
Read MoreOpen Letter to SFUSD Superintendent Wayne and Board of Education
Dear Superintendent Wayne and the Board of Education Commissioners, What are we doing? New state reading and math proficiency scores should be a red flag for SFUSD On October 24th, SF Unified published in its news communications to families, educators, and the community that “SFUSD Remains Ahead of State in Students Meeting Standards.” This is…
Read MoreParents and community send literacy petition to SFUSD Superintendent and Board of Education
On October 21, 2022, SF Parent Coalition hand-delivered to SFUSD’s Central Office the following literacy petition, signed by 250+ parents, teachers, and supporters, calling on the district to urgently commit to providing high-quality, research-based early literacy instruction to our students. Following the petition’s delivery, parents and community members filled out and mailed handwritten postcards to…
Read MoreNewsletter October 17, 2022 (English)
Weekly updates from SF Parents SF Parents Community, For over one year, SF Parent Coalition has been working with parents, teachers, community organizations, and SFUSD leadership to understand the literacy crisis impacting many of our 50,000 students. We’ve been equipping families with the information they need to advocate for their children at the school…
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