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SF Examiner: A middle school’s blacktop becomes a recreation oasis

August 13, 2025

When students arrive at Everett Middle School in San Francisco on Monday, they won’t see the nearly two acres of blacktop that used to be the school’s playground and physical education space.The...

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SF Examiner: Four ways you can volunteer in SF public schools

August 13, 2025

There are still plenty of opportunities — and need — for volunteers to help out in San Francisco public schools when students return to classrooms next week. For nearly 50 years, the San Francisco...

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High-Impact Tutoring Doubled Literacy Rates Last Year. SF Ed Fund Aims to Scale Up.

July 28, 2025

The only factor preventing access to the single most effective literacy intervention – high-impact tutoring – is funding, and the SF Ed Fund is seeking to raise an additional $600K to meet the...

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June Newsletter: Progress and Preparation⚡

June 20, 2025

Our June newsletter highlights the collective impact made across San Francisco schools this year — from building a new Sensory Garden at ER Taylor Elementary to unboxing thousands of math...

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May Newsletter: Celebrating Impact

May 15, 2025

Our May newsletter reflects on a school year defined by resilience, stability, and community care. Highlights include SFUSD’s reversal of 151 staff layoffs, a $210,000 grant from Battery Powered to...

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SF Chronicle: Glady Thacher, philanthropist who launched nonprofits from her S.F. living room, dies at 95

May 1, 2025

“The woman had her finger on the pulse of what was happening with students and their parents,” said Ann Levy Walden, CEO of the Education Fund. “Her intuition, clear-eyed vision and deep love for...

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The SF Ed Fund Celebrates Weekly Volunteers from 2024-25 School Year at Annual Volunteer Recognition Event

April 29, 2025

The SF Ed Fund celebrated our fantastic weekly ongoing volunteers our annual Volunteer Recognition Ceremony. We certainly had a lot to celebrate and be thankful for: Throughout the 2024-25 school...

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SF Ed Fund Welcomes its 2025 Young Leaders Council Cohort

April 24, 2025

We’re thrilled to welcome a new cohort of passionate changemakers to the SF Ed Fund’s Young Leaders Council (YLC)! The YLC is a group of dynamic young professionals across sectors who are...

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