I went down a rabbit hole after reading an article in St. Louis Today by Coleen Schrappen about a right-wing legal attack on a hospital doing work to save the lives of trans teens. First, a little background… First, I want to provide background on what interested me in this story. Apart from the…

The SF Board of Education Recall benefited political grifters and right-wing strategists, yet has produced little progress for SF’s most marginalized students. — This week marked the one-year anniversary of the recall. I wanted to share some thoughts on this anniversary along…

And their right-wing media ecosystem. What I’m about to say may seem controversial. But hear me out. Kanye is not the problem. By now you’ve probably seen videos and social media posts of Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, spouting hateful anti-Semitic rhetoric. The messages he’s sharing are not benign. Spreading these images can and…

I was no doubt the canary in a coal mine. As a parent organizer, educator, and former San Francisco school board member, I was on the front end of the wave of nationwide right-wing attacks against educators who have dismantled anti-discriminatory policies in our schools. Many folks who know me…

Edward Blum is the man behind two recent cases before the Supreme Court challenging #AffirmativeAction. The very same arguments being employed to challenge race-conscious admission at elite universities are used to justify segregated academic tracking and “merit” enrollment at elite high schools. In fact, proponents of “merit” enrollment at elite…

On Feb 9th this year, The SF Board of Education approved a resolution I wrote affirming the rights of 2SLGBTQIA+ students and calling on the SFUnified to create a Queer Transgender Parent Advisory Council (QTPAC). I was honored to work with 2SLGBTQIA+ families to bring this resolution to the Board…

Last night, during the March 1, 2022, Special Meeting, the Board of Education had a discussion about a Tentative Agreement (TA) between United Educators of San Francisco and San Francisco Unified School District which proposes to eliminate the extra Advanced Placement (AP) funding schools have received based on the number…

Reflecting on the Results of the SF School Board Recall — I’m a product of the “Loving Generation” (Loving v. Virginia 1967). My mixed-race parents got married when it was illegal in many states. I am also a product of public schools that were desegregated due to Brown v. Board of Education. Public education helped my parents rise from poverty to…

The Omicron surge has focused national and local conversations back on school reopening. In San Francisco, too, it’s clear that other districts are responding better to the surge. Los Angeles, the second-largest district in the United States, has figured out how to test all their students on a weekly basis…