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DCYF In the News

2023

• 03/23/2023: SF Chronicle: S.F. leaders share action plan for youth violence in wake of stabbings, brawls and weapons at schools

• 03/21/2023: CBS News Bay Area: San Francisco city leaders promise action after multiple violent incidents involving youth

• 03/20/2023 : SFist: The Kids Are Not Alright: Teens Brawling In Large Mobs at Stonestown Mall

• 03/19/2023: SF Chronicle: More than 100 kids in brawl at S.F.’s Stonestown prompts increased police presence

2022

• 07/26/2022: SF Standard: Perspective: Proposal to Support Struggling SF Students Deserves Voter Support

• 02/17/2022: Mayor London Breed Releases Citywide Children and Family Recovery Plan

• 02/16/2022: LA School Report: 700 days since lockdown: Educators, students, parents and researchers reflect on pandemic’s ‘seismic interruption to education’

• 02/16/2022: SF Chronicle: Ousted S.F. school board member Faauuga Moliga abruptly steps down after recall defeat

• 01/14/2022: SF Chronicle: Omicron in California: CDC updates masking guidance, urges higher quality masks

2021

• 12/13/2021: SF Chronicle: Breed tries to rein in S.F. school board with unprecedented charter amendment

• 09/03/2021: The Economist: COVID19: how tech will transform your kids’ education

• 09/01/2021: SF Examiner: SF educators focus on mental health as new student behavior emerges

• 08/31/2021: SF Examiner: SF educators focus on mental health as new student behavior emerges

• 08/17/2021: NPR 1A: Back To School: Getting The Okay For K-12 Students

• 08/06/2021: The San Francisco Standard: San Francisco Looks Ahead to Helping Children, Families Recover from Pandemic Upheaval

• 08/04/2021: SF Examiner: SF parents face school year with hope, trepidation and concern

• 07/31/2021: SF Chronicle: 'Freaking out': S.F. aftercare crisis has families worried as children head back to school

• 07/29/2021: HereSay Media: Women Who Led Us Through the Pandemic Roundtable

• 07/23/2021: SF Chronicle: Political infighting plagued S.F.'s pandemic hubs for vulnerable students, report says

• 06/14/2021: KPIX Channel 5 CBS SF: Free Summer Programs Available For Thousands Of Students In San Francisco

• 06/14/2021: FOX KTVU Channel 2: San Francisco's Summer Together program aims to get students back on track

• 05/26/2021: Health officials ponder revising summer camp COVID-19 safety guidelines

• 05/26/2021: Why summer school in California will prioritize fun and reconnecting students 

• 05/10/2021: S.F.'s ambitious plans for free summer programs for 20,000 kids are taking shape. But will they help enough?

• 05/07/2021: Parents scramble for ‘Summer Together’ spaces

• 03/24/2021 SF Chronicle: Why is the S.F. board of supervisors delaying a vote on funding for a free summer camp program?

• 03/19/2021 New York Times: Why Child Care Staff Had to Show Up While Teachers Worked Remotely

• 03/18/2021 Wall Street Journal: San Francisco Runs Public School Pods Amid Covid-19 Lockdown Frustrations

• 03/15/2021 SF Chronicle: 'Sometimes you cry and nobody sees you': S.F. city workers reflect on brutal pandemic year

• 03/10/2021 SF Chronicle:Here's how 20,000 San Francisco kids could actually get back to learning in-person this summer

• 03/10/2021 SF Examiner: The City announces free summer programming for SFUSD students

• 03/10/2021: KPIX CBS 5: San Francisco To Offer Voluntary In-Person Summer School Classes

• 03/10/2021: KTVU FOX 2: After year of virtual learning, free in-person summer classes for SF public school students

• 02/28/2021 SF Chronicle: Free summer camp for all young S.F. public school students? Costly city proposal could help families

• 01/29/2021 SF Office of Civic Innovation: Meet a Changemaker Sherrice Dorsey Smith

• 01/28/2021: Here/Say Media: ‘The School District Is Pretty Much Failing Them’: With the Vaccine in Play, When Can SF’s Schools Reopen?

• 01/21/2021 SF Chronicle: Calling all billionaires: S.F. plans to ask philanthropists for huge sums to help schools post-pandemic

2020

• 12/19/2020 KQED: SF’s In-Person ‘Learning Hubs’ Had Zero COVID-19 Outbreaks. What Does This Mean for Reopening Public Schools

• 12/17/2020 SF Examiner: After a semester without an outbreak, city learning hubs set to expand

• 12/17/2020 Business Wire: Comcast Provides Free WiFi to 32 San Francisco Community Hubs

• 12/17/2020: Mayor's Press: Community Hubs Initiative

• 12/08/2020 The 74: Survey: Afterschool Participation Drops to Lowest Rate Since 2009, As Providers Seek Funding for Students During Pandemic

• 11/18/2020 Vice News Tonight: How San Francisco Students Are Learning While School Is Closed

• 11/01/2020 New York Times: In San Francisco, Virus Is Contained but Schools Are Still Closed

• 10/26/2020 School Library Journal: San Francisco Learning Hubs Helping Most Vulnerable Students

• 10/22/2020 San Francisco Chronicle: 'Kids being normal again': Bay Area pandemic pods and hubs offer escape from boredom, loneliness

• 10/22/2020 Youth Today: How San Francisco Supports Its Neediest Kids In Virtual Learning

• 10/19/2020 WNYC News/The Takeaway:Young English Language Learners are Facing Unique Challenges with Remote Schooling

• 09/24/2020 Bloomberg Government: `Learning Pods’ Spread to Left-Behind Kids With Cities’ Help

• 09/17/2020 ABC7 News: San Francisco opens community learning hubs to help students navigate virtual classes

• 09/14/2020 SF Chronicle: SF schools still closed, but city gives 800 kids a place to learn as parents cheer: 'A big, big relief'

• 09/14/2020 KRON4: San Francisco opens hubs to assist students during distance learning

• 09/14/2020 FOX KTVU2: Learning hubs provide some San Francisco students in-person education

• 09/14/2020 CBS5 KPIX: San Francisco Launches New Community Hubs To Provide In-Person Learning Support For Kids

• 08/18/2020 NBC Bay Area: SF Mayor Announces Health Order Allowing Some In-Person Activities for Children

• 07/28/2020 CBS5 KPIX: San Francisco To Provide ‘Community Learning Hubs’ For Students In Need

• 07/24/2020: KPIX CBS 5: Reopening: San Francisco Schools Developing ‘Learning Hubs’ For Remote Teaching

• 07/23/2020 SF Chronicle: Learning hubs' opening across SF to help 6,000 kids in need with distance education

• 06/03/2020 SF Bayview: Mayor Breed: Modified citywide summer camps will open to all children 6-17 on June 15

• 05/22/2020 KPIX5 CBS: San Francisco To Reopen Modified Summer Camps And Programs June 15

• 03/23/2020 KTVU FOX 2: COVID-19: San Francisco expands emergency child care for essential employees