How can San Francisco support its most vulnerable black residents? Help them succeed at school.
The series has received support from the Fund for Journalism on Child Well-Being, a program of the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism.
Other stories in this series include:
One African American family, half a century of experience in SF public schools
A legacy of mistreatment for San Francisco’s black special ed students
Learning While Black: Community forum
A legacy of mistreatment for San Francisco’s black special ed students
African American honor roll student says when teachers set the bar high, ‘you gotta go get it'
SFUSD program intervenes early to keep kids out of special ed for behavior
SFUSD fires up Bayview teachers in hopes they will stick around
A Landmark Lawsuit Aimed to Fix Special Ed for California's Black Students. It Didn’t.
Lead Plaintiff In Landmark Lawsuit Gets 2nd Chance At Education — At Age 60
A Decade Of Work Leads To Nearly 90 Percent Black Graduation Rate For SFUSD
State Audit Of Program For Homeless Students Finds Undercount, Lack Of Oversight
(Photo Credit: Lee Romney/KALW)
San Francisco’s African American community has shrunk by half since 1970. Of the families that remain, nearly a fifth live in public housing or get a rental subsidy. Now, a city effort is turning public housing into a key front in the battle to improve educational outcomes for African American kids.
[This story was originally published by KALW.]