A traumatizing and ongoing payroll debacle, in which thousands of San Francisco teachers were unpaid or underpaid is the underlying reason 97 percent of them have voted to authorize a strike.
While California’s literacy crisis certainly predates the pandemic, with less than half of California children reading at grade level back in 2019, the fallout of the pandemic, the devastating impact of school closures and remote learning, has sent test scores plummeting further.
The scores may be grim, some say, but they re far from shocking. Some experts warn that cratering test scores warn of a system that was broken long before the pandemic.
The scores may be grim, some say, but they're far from shocking. Some experts warn that cratering test scores warn of a system that was broken long before the pandemic.