Why don’t people want to discuss efforts to improve reading instruction? I’d call it a crisis when more than half of third graders are not proficient. EdVoice Decoding Dyslexia CA CaliforniaPTA Families In Schools SF Parents #SFKidsCantWait

The most important job of the City College of San Francisco Board is the hiring & retention of an effective chancellor. Chancellor David Martin’s imminent departure, the events leading up to it and the Board’s response, cause me great concern. sfchronicle.com/opinion/editor…

Episode 10 of Sold a Story is coming tomorrow.
This time we hear from kids, parents, teachers and scientists who were in the original podcast...
features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

CA voters, including SF Parents, want #AB2222 for comprehensive early literacy.📚 Chair Asm. Al Muratsuchi needs to schedule a hearing in Assembly Education ASAP.

This bill deserves to be heard.
#CaliforniaKidsRead
#YESonAB2222
#EarlyLiteracyMatters
California Reading Coalition EdVoice Decoding Dyslexia CA

With only 4 in 10 third-graders reading on grade level it is time for comprehensive early literacy reform. #AB2222 (Rubio) is the best path forward to close the reading achievement gap in California.

Act Now: secure.everyaction.com/KzYEK-day0aSL-…

#EarlyLiteracyMatters #RightToRead

City College is an essential education service for San Franciscans of all kinds. It needs leadership that will work to make sure it is financially stable, and able to offer classes students need and want.

sfchronicle.com/opinion/editor…

Oh boy. It might be the year for SF Parents to add City College Board of Trustees to our small list of local endorsements….

Claude Goldenberg, a specialist on English Learner literacy, is one of the leaders speaking out to say that the bill absolutely advances the needs of ELL students:
edsource.org/2024/english-l…

This misunderstanding about the needs of ELLs is really problematic. AFT’s…

Huge mistake and disappointment for California Teachers Association to come out against this crucial CA literacy bill.

Eggstravaganzstastic Day in Duboce Park! SF Families 💙 housing, 💙schools, and 💙 family-friendly cities. SF YIMBY Westside Family Democratic Club & SF Parents #SFKidsCantWait 🎉

Kids before politics.

via @NYTimes How is your school coping with #chronic #absenteeism ? #Fridaythoughts nytimes.com/interactive/20…

'Our relationship with school became optional' - Chronic absences from school have soared since the pandemic began. #COVID19 profoundly changed the culture of education. 
nytimes.com/interactive/20… via The New York Times

“What is going on here?…

…underlying it all is a fundamental shift in the value that families place on school, and in the culture of education during the pandemic...

Our relationship with school became optional.”
Via Sarah Mervosh: nytimes.com/2024/03/29/bri…

Furious Oakland parents declare war on status quo in schools. Here’s how they’re fighting back sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

“No school or school district is perfect. As public school parents, we are the first to admit that our schools have areas that need improvement. Still, there are many things we love about our urban public schools.”

Go public!!🤩📚