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Reporter Scott Dickerman says his San Francisco school, the math and the physics sequences dont allow for differences among students. Why is the intent to come up with a one size fits all implementation for common core . Reporter the district says it is still working on the scope and sequence of science education. But that after years of citizens complaining about the quality of public education, people need to understand, change can be hard. Now, what we are saying is that students actually learn more when they struggle. Reporter jim ryan heads the common core effort in math and science. We have taken the deep understanding for math and science in the race to cover topics. Reporter he says jobs and careers for students and our economy hang in the balance. It is better to keep students on a rigorous path longer before they take advanced electives. We simply are delaying that ....
S.F. school board strips Lowell High of its merit-based admissions system FacebookTwitterEmail The Lowell Black Student Union hold a press conference to speak out against the recent racist attacks on the Lowell community on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021 in San Francisco, California.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle One of the top-performing public high schools in the country will no longer admit students based on academic performance, ending more than a century of merit-based admissions. More than seven hours into a marathon meeting Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Education voted 5-2 to use the same lottery-based system to assign students to Lowell High as other district high schools instead of maintaining the previous system that used test scores and grades. ....