Discord in San Francisco schools, on race and reopening, looms large

5/25/21
 
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from The Washington Post,
5/22/21:

In the ongoing battle for racial justice, members of the San Francisco school board have cast themselves as chief warriors, acting with stunning speed to diversify the city’s top high school and wading deep into a pool of racially sensitive matters.

Changing the admissions process for the elite Lowell High School — eliminating grades and test scores and admitting students by a ranked-choice lottery — is among the most contentious moves the school board has taken, but far from the only one.

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