SF News Santa Clara University Better Than UC Berkeley, Says Forbes According to Forbes Magazine, Gavin Newsom's alma mater is a better place for higher education than UC Berkeley. NBC Bay Area notes: "Santa Clara University received its highest-ever ranking from Forbes's 2011 list
Arts & Entertainment Skillshare Comes to San Francisco, Launch Party 8/15 NYC-based Skillshare, a community marketplace in which you can "learn anything from anyone" offline, in a casual setting and on the cheap, just announced the service is going to soon be available in
SF News The Top Party Schools of 2011 Are... Ohio University topped this year's list of America's Top Party Schools by Princeton Review. The Athens-based institution of higher learning landed on the the party school list 12 times since 1997. This is
Arts & Entertainment 'GQ' Declares Stanford 4th Douchiest U.S. College In a highly scientific study released by GQ, noted Palo Alto community college Stanford came in as the 4th douchiest college in the country. Notable douchbag alums include: Herbert Hoover, Mike Mussina, John
SF News Ca. Schools Must Teach Gay History, Says Jerry Brown California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation today that would require state schools in include gay history in the curriculum. "The legislation, authored by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, was approved in the Legislature
SF News History is So Gay: LGBT Americans to Be Added to CA Textbooks The future school kids of California will soon learn the valuable contributions to history by members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community by reading about them in their textbooks. Yesterday, the
SF News Special Ed Teacher Arrested for Raping Student Aide Special education teacher Jerry Johnson, 56, of Vallejo was pinched by the police for allegedly raped an 18-year-old female assistant on campus during school hours. The "heinous" act reportedly took place at Loma
SF News 26 Teachers Arrested in Sacramento While Protesting Education Cuts Hot on the heels of news that San Francisco USD will be laying off 139 educators at the end of the school year, comes a report from Sacramento that over two dozen teachers
SF News Oakland School Board Approves Hundreds of Pink Slips for Teachers Another blow for public education unfurled in the East Bay last night. The Oakland School Board approved 500 layoffs notices for Oakland teachers. Said notices will go to 231 elementary school teachers, 41
SF News UCB Wheeler Hall Protesters Receive Misdemeanor Charges After 17 protesters were arrested last week during UC Berkeley's Wheeler Hall occupation, 14 were smacked with misdemeanor charges on Monday. "Eleven protesters were charged on a single count of trespassing by the
misc Lots of Top Ramen Used in Tuition Fee Hike Protest Outside Governor Jerry Brown's office in San Francisco today, a union of California community college teachers protested Brown's proposed $10 per unit (or $300 per year) tuition fee hike. That total comes to
misc Meanwhile, Down Under: Australian AG Backs a Law Allowing for Sexual Orientation-Based Expulsions We're not going to claim to know how Australia works, it being the land of theives and tax evaders and all, but their Attorney General is supporting a law that, "exempts private schools
SF News David Lynch Helps S.F. Schools Meditate KALW reports on Visitacion Valley Middle School's implementation of the innovative Quiet Time program, which sets aside fifteen minutes at the beginning and end of each school day for students to meditate. All
Arts & Entertainment Saturday: Kombucha Class "You know, you can make Kombucha yourself, right?" Yes. We know this. You don't have to tell us this every single time we spray a freshly opened bottle of Kombucha on our outfit
SF News UC Berkeley Cuts 150 Jobs Days after Gov. Jerry Brown proposed cutting $500 million from the UC system next year, UC Berkeley plans to prune 150 managers and support staff this year. This comes on top of the
SF News Scholarship Fund Created To Honor UC Santa Cruz Grad Killed In Tucson Shooting Two UCSC alumni and The University of California at Santa Cruz have set up a scholarship in the name of Gabriel Zimmerman, the former banana slug/congressional staffer who was shot and killed
SF News California Schools Get a C Grade In a national survey released yesterday, schools in California received an overall grade of a 76.2 out of 100, putting the quality of education in the Golden State just below the national
misc Have Fun Bringing Computers to Public Schools. It's either quixotic or ironic to use the very technologies which built the digital divide in the first place to bridge that same divide. Kinda like drinking booze as a cure for hangover.
SF News De Young Ranks Fifth In Attendance Let's face it, museums are dull. They're quiet, full of old photos and paintings, and demand an attention span that isn't rife with ADHD tendencies. The San Francisco's de Young Museum, however, is
SF News Parents Picket Outside Oakland School In Teacher Protest Parents picketed outside Lazear Elementary School in Oakland yesterday over an allegedly unfit teacher. Parents claim the teacher in question "took a smoking break during class, leaving his students unattended; that he locked
misc The Baby-ry Coast Seeing so many kids and parents at yesterday's public education rally reminded us of how great it must be growing up in a place like the Bay Area, aside from the whole aforementioned
SF News Protesters Block UCSC Entrance During 'Day of Action' Protest In honor of a Day of Statewide Action for Public Education, protesters at UC Santa Cruz are trying to make sure students don't receive one. As of this morning, UCSC students and employees
SF News Massive School Walkouts & Rallies Planned for Thursday Billed as a Day of Statewide Action for Public Education, public education students, workers and supporters from Pre-K through PhD are expected to protest the glaring lack of funding aimed at California public
Arts & Entertainment Saving SF Public Schools, Town Hall Meeting Tonight Faced with a $113 million cut in San Francisco Unified School District's budget over the next two years, which is greater than cuts experienced during the Great Depression, pissed-off parents have organized a
misc SF City College Launches "Cost-$aving$ Ideas Contest" Upon losing $18 million of its operating budget, CCSF is searching for ways to cut costs. They've already implemented many cost-saving measures, including canceling their summer session, to the disappointment of many, and
