Thousands of University of California professors say students are less prepared and that the UC system should reintroduce SAT and ACT testing as part of admissions.
A vote to renew the current Measure G1 parcel tax, which would have extended funding for educator raises, middle schools and other services, will now have to wait until 2028.
The group says “parents were never told, in plain language, that the District was about to decide what every fourteen-year-old in this city would be taught.”
Schools hope to address the demand in San Francisco for Mandarin bilingual education, with more than 400 families requesting kindergarten seats in the two district schools offering the program.
The Oakland superintendent’s chief of staff, a former city councilwoman, mysteriously stopped showing up for work weeks ago and then submitted her resignation after six months on the job.
Republican members of the House are expected to ask the superintendent about district curriculum or district policies that conflict with federal policies.
The suspension of the entire coaching staff comes days after Lowell High School’s varsity baseball team won the section championship against its archrival Lincoln High.
District officials have encouraged more Black and brown students to consider attending Lowell, which generally requires top grades in middle school and high standardized test scores.
