Senior News Reporter

George Kelly

Update: Lowell High School resumes normal operations

News

SFPD officers evacuated students and staff and conducted a thorough search as a precautionary measure after a bomb threat.

News Reporter

Ezra Wallach

The kids without phones are alright 

Culture

At three San Francisco schools that have instituted phone bans, the hallways are filled with noise and the students are focused on learning — all without a cell in sight.

It’s the city’s new most expensive private school — and AI is the teacher

At Alpha School, students do only two hours of academic work a day, and tuition costs $75,000.

Express Desk Reporter

Max Harrison-Caldwell

Feeling overburdened and undervalued, SF school principals are at a breaking point

The union is considering striking for a raise.

Politics Reporter

Han Li

SFUSD rejects Mandarin-immersion charter school proposal 

Politics

Brian Hollinger, a leader of the parent coalition behind Dragon Gate Academy, said the group will appeal to the state. “We are not dead yet.”

Education

Update: Lowell High School resumes normal operations

The kids without phones are alright

It’s the city’s new most expensive private school — and AI is the teacher

Feeling overburdened and undervalued, SF school principals are at a breaking point

SFUSD rejects Mandarin-immersion charter school proposal