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SF Chronicle: Can this ‘jaw dropping’ program fix low literacy rates in San Francisco schools?

August 15, 2025

San Francisco principal Jeremy Hilinski has seen a lot of well-meaning outsiders try to fix struggling schools over the past two decades, shoving money and people at intractable problems with...

SF Examiner: Volunteers help SF teachers get ready for back-to-school

August 14, 2025

As summer winds down and San Francisco children prepare for the coming school year, hundreds of civic-minded volunteers will descend Friday on dozens of The City’s more challenged schools to help...

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...

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...

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...

Forever Young Foundation: Hero of the Week (KNBR)

October 30, 2024

Who’s Supporting This Innovative Effort to Boost Literacy in San Francisco Schools? (Inside Philanthropy)

June 18, 2024