SFUSD

"The pandemic has brought grinding frustrations for parents, educators and students across the country. But perhaps no place has matched San Francisco in its level of infighting, public outrage and halting efforts to reopen schools. In February, the city sued its own school system, which has been entirely remote for a year, and board of education, charging they were violating state law by not resuming in-person instruction. "

" READ NEXT Dear San Francisco: A Circus Comes To Town New data from San Francisco public schools suggest remote learning resulted in significant learning loss and had an unequal impact along socioeconomic and racial lines. In a report published this week, San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) tracked enrollment, attendance and academic performance during the 2020-21 school year. San Francisco public schools were broadly closed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.--In math, every student group saw a drop in proficiency from the year prior, though some drops were more pronounced. Thirty-eight percent of African American students were marked “Proficient or above” in 2020-21, down from 46% one year earlier. Pacific Islander students with “Proficient of above” math marks dropped to 47% from 60%. District-wide proficiency was at 67%, down from 74%."