It’s tax season, and the Academy of Finance students at Lincoln High are headed to the audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG for an up-close look at some of the careers they are already preparing for while in school.

Today Mayor Edwin Lee and former-Mayor Willie Brown, Jr. joined by Supervisor Malia Cohen, SFUSD Superintendent Richard A. Carranza and Principal Demetrius Hobson, toured the construction in progress of the new Willie Brown Jr. Middle School.

Mayor Ed Lee and former Mayor Willie Brown, Jr. will tour the new Willie Brown Jr. Middle School for the first time and meet with Superintendent Richard Carranza, Principal Demetrius Hobson, and a handful of students who will be attending Brown in the fall.

San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Richard A. Carranza joined 10 other urban school superintendents and board members to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House to discuss a range of issues, reforms and challenges aimed at improving American urban public education.

“Vaping,” or smoking e-cigarettes, is a relatively new smoking trend that has become popular among young people. 

A hundred high schoolers will get hands-on experiences with potential future careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).

With the recent expansion of flexible eating options, SFUSD is seeing a big leap in the number of students eating breakfast at school this year.

Since skipping the first meal of the day can make it difficult for students to focus on learning, SFUSD is finding creative approaches to get food into kids' bellies.

Superintendent Richard Carranza, Board of Education President Emily Murase and Vice President Matt Haney hear from students about the new Common Core curriculum and try out a few sample math questions typical of those found on the Smarter Balanced Assessments, which students in SFUSD and across California will begin taking on March 10.

San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Richard A. Carranza has been selected by Education Week as a 2015 “Leader to Learn From.”