STEM – California Globe

San Francisco School Board Reverses 12-Year ‘Equity’ Math Experiment

March 26, 2026 1:17 pmMarch 26, 2026 1:24 pm

In a 4-3 vote Tuesday night, the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education finally admitted defeat and reinstated Algebra I as a standard eighth-grade course offering — ending a notorious 12-year DEI experiment that delayed advanced math for...

Bill to Introduce Higher Level Math Courses To 8th Graders Introduced In Senate

April 15, 2024 5:10 pmApril 15, 2024 5:10 pm

A bill to mandate the inclusion of Algebra I or Mathematics I course offerings for all 8th-grade students was introduced in the Senate recently, with the first Committee hearing on the matter being scheduled to occur later this month. According...

COSMOS: The Next Generation of STEM Leaders

November 3, 2022 2:29 pmNovember 9, 2022 1:05 pm

Innovation. Tech wizardry. Pushing the boundaries of the future. For years, that’s what California was known for around the world. While there may be a debate about how true that still holds, there can be no debate that the COSMOS summer science...

How the Teachers Union Can Save LA Unified

September 9, 2022 2:50 amSeptember 8, 2022 9:35 pm

Earlier this year the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) released a report entitled “Burned Out, Priced Out – Solutions to the Educator Shortage Crisis.” Given the universally acknowledged challenges facing public K-12 education in California, this report merits serious...