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SF Board Approves Ethnic Studies Pilot After Hours of Student, Community Testimony
Summary
The San Francisco Unified School District board voted unanimously Feb. 23 to pilot an ethnic studies program in high schools, approving 10 total sections in 2010–11 with funding language that shares teacher costs between site and central budgets and seeks restricted funds and a San Francisco State partnership.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously Feb. 23 to approve a resolution establishing a pilot ethnic studies program in high schools and directing staff to incorporate funding and implementation details into the district budget process.
The resolution calls for a pilot of 10 total sections across participating high schools in the 2010–11 school year, with teacher full‑time equivalents shared between site budgets and the district’s central office. The board and staff added amended language asking that, to the greatest extent possible, supervision and professional…
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