MERIT IN THE NEWS
Yale University will once again require prospective students to submit standardized test scores after making tests optional for the past four years
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Oregon just dropped all graduation standards,
failing all of its students in the name of ‘equity’
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Try Harder! Movie About How Woke College Admissions Policies Impact High-Achieving Students At Lowell High School Trailer
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Fortune in the Book - About the Asian American Struggle
At Thomas Jefferson in Fairfax, Virginia
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Virginia AG investigates Thomas Jefferson High School controversy
Dozens of students not informed about National Merit awards they won
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San Francisco’s public schools are about to get a serious reality check.
The district has been spending more than it gets for years, putting it on a path toward bankruptcy. Officials have continued to overstaff schools and overspend instead of responding to declining enrollment by shrinking head count and ineffective programs. That has meant less funding to boost student performance.
That’s only part of the sobering message Superintendent Matt Wayne will deliver to the school board and the public this month as he kicks off a process to build a more streamlined, effective and financially stable school system.
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As in many districts across California, the needs of city students have only increased in the wake of the pandemic, while other costs — namely pension payments — are skyrocketing, and teachers unions are demanding higher salaries to stem the exodus of educators.
Yet in San Francisco, the school board has been spending more than it receives in revenue for years, relying on a flush state budget, savings and pandemic recovery funds to make ends meet.
That breathing room is about to expire.
In coming years, the district’s financial situation is expected to become far more precarious. The combination of lower revenue connected to declining enrollment and the threat of a teacher strike over wages would be bad enough, and a slowing state economy offers little hope of reprieve.