In 2011, Wisconsin nuked the ability of teachers unions' to negotiate compensation & opened the door to individual pay This incentivized large numbers of college students to enter teaching -- particularly from selective universities -- and appreciably raised K-12 achievement

127 drug dealers in the Tenderloin. Dean, tell me again that safe injection sites are the answer. Tell me again that arresting drug dealers is pointless. Tell me again that the Four Pillars model - which Vancouver has been trying since 2006 - will fix this.

As part of our series sharing insights on candidates who participated in our project, we want to share what we love about Autumn! community.democracimatters.com/share/candidat… When we first met Autumn, she invited us to her home for tea, and to share her thoughts and approaches for improving San

Wondering what Prop D actually does? Here’s an excellent explainer: writing.civlab.org/p/structural-r…

“Bilal is winning because there was a team of three candidates attacking Dean,” Looijen told Gazetteer. sf.gazetteer.co/dean-preston-r… D5 is about to get representation that is committed to solving our problems— and it took a team to do it.

Congratulations to Bilal on running a great campaign -- looking forward to having you as our Supervisor.

San Francisco does "streamlined contracting" with non-profits for homeless services, aka no-bid contracts. In 2019, the city had 1% no-bid contracts. In 2022 it was 43% This year, the Board of Supervisors extended the policy until 2029 by a 7-4 vote. 🧵 thefrisc.com/sf-wants-scrut…

Matt Alexander promised to balance the SFUSD budget by reducing admin costs. Instead, in his first meeting of the new term, he wants to increase admin costs by $275k to hire a pre-selected mystery candidate to do communications. (We already have someone doing that.)

Take the Civ Pill, anon 🌉📈 I've started reviewing applications and accepting students for cohort 5. It's going to be an excellent group! x.com/m_atoms/status…

It's painful to see what's become of our beloved city of San Francisco. As a 20-year resident, I stay to fight for her recovery because we are her community, her underbelly, her innovative engine, and her backbone. As residents, we've been demonized, doxxed, assaulted, and

This prison reform program looks promising —would love to try it in SF.

Applications for cohort 6 of How SF Government Works are open now until April 11th! Things are changing in SF - find out what's happening, why, and how to get in on the action! Join us to get serious about government in San Francisco and have fun doing it 🌉📈

This is worth a read and puts the panic over SFMTA funding in perspective. It seems plausible they burned hundreds of millions of dollars on ignoring fare evasion. They stonewalled record requests on this:

Legislator Dr. LaShae Sharp-Collins bravely stands up to her committee to say the obvious: K-12 should should prepare college-bound kids for college. Alas, her voice of reason fell on deaf ears. AB 1217 strips UC/CSU from controlling college admission reqs, and to take orders from K-12. 1/

I ran the campaign to bring algebra back to SF's middle schools. It was the most popular thing I ever worked on. Voters don't want to take away opportunities for kids who can't afford private school. If anyone wants to put this on the ballot in Palo Alto, happy to advise.

SF public schools have one of the highest per student budgets in the state… yet parents have to fight for basic services like JV soccer. Get the full story from Leyla in @thefrisc . thefrisc.com/sfusd-has-a-di…

Shirley Chisolm teacher housing, built on SFUSD land, should be for SFUSD employees only. Teachers aren't eligible for other affordable housing, and we want to keep good teachers in SF. Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉, can you fix it? beyondchron.org/teacher-housin… UESF SF Parents #SFKidsCantWait