Students at Willie Brown Jr. Middle School will be smiling a little brighter thanks to free dental exams being offered this week at the school.

Last summer, when the state stopped giving the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE), dozens of SFUSD high school seniors were not granted diplomas because they hadn’t passed the exam before testing was ended.

San Francisco Board of Education commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to support proposed legislation by Supervisors Scott Wiener, Malia Cohen and Eric Mar, to raise the age to purchase tobacco products to 21.

With all the variables that go into making schools great for every child, there is a lot of data to look at. That’s where a new plan required by the State of California called the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) comes in. 

Last night the San Francisco Board of Education elected its officers for the 2016 year. Commissioner Matt Haney is now president of the Board of Education and Commissioner Shamann Walton is vice president.

Water fountains are ok, but an even better way to drink tap water at school is the ‘drink tap’ fountains that have been installed at various SFUSD schools since 2011.

Bret Harte Elementary students will be taking to the field right in their own schoolyard. The newly-installed soccer field, the largest yet for SFUSD schools, is 11,000 square feet.

Some San Francisco public school families and students are concerned about rumors of impending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.

At this week’s regular San Francisco Board of Education meeting, commissioners approved a resolution to continue the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD)’s pursuit of strategies to advance equitable, healthy, and sustainable transportation for all students and families at all schools.

President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) today, ushering a new era of federal accountability for schools and eliminating many of the most onerous aspects of the antiquated No Child Left Behind policy (NCLB).