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Entries from May 2008
Vote YES on Prop A June 3!
May 25, 2008 · Comments Off
It’s down to the wire and this election is going to be CLOSE. Please, if you support keeping great teachers in San Francisco, and paying teachers what they’re worth, vote YES on Proposition A on June 3. In the words of the SF Chronicle:
Proposition A isn’t an ordinary parcel tax; it’s a well-crafted, sound investment. Instead of appealing to voters to just throw more money at “the schools,” the school district developed a long-term strategy to improve school performance. It decided that focusing the parcel tax money on teacher retention and training would make the greatest amount of difference in students’ education, a choice that is backed up by education experts and studies.
Categories: Improving schools
Go Student Journalists!
May 22, 2008 · Comments Off
Today I had the delightful and moving experience of listening to the work of student journalists at Burton HS in the Portola district. Through a partnership with public radio station KALW and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the journalism class at Burton has created an hour-long radio documentary entitled “Stories During Wartime: An Intergenerational Conversation.” Students interviewed veterans of World War II, Vietnam, Desert Storm and Iraq, as well as conscientious objectors and civilians affected by war.
Senior Ronnisha Johnson interviewed Sean Moynihan, an Iraq war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She told me it took a long time for him to open up, but once he did, stories about the horrors he witnessed came pouring out. Freshman William Tatlonghari interviewed his grandmother about fleeing her home in the Phillippines after her country was invaded by Japan during World War II. Freshman Paul Yang interviewed David Mitchell, a Vietnam veteran who described the anger of the American public towards soldiers returning from Vietnam.
The full documentary will be broadcast on KALW, 91.7 FM, at 7 p.m. on Memorial Day, May 26. Don’t miss it! It’s an astounding achievement by the students, their teacher Ellena Weldon, and Emily Wilson, a KALW producer who assisted with the project. It’s also very thought-provoking and timely.
Excerpts from the project are also available online.
Categories: Great things going on
Tagged: journalism highschools
