California
San Francisco’s new schools superintendent, Arlene Ackerman, has quickly made her presence known, demoting 30 district workers from coveted office positions to teaching jobs and removing the district’s chief financial officer.
Aug. 13, 2000
World & Nation
A San Francisco stockbroker, Rick Ackerman, will get $200,000 for providing the first clue in a case involving the arrest and imprisonment of the first person in the nation charged with drug tampering.
Jan. 19, 1987
The San Francisco Board of Education has revoked the charter of an alternative high school whose curriculum included an outdoors wilderness program in which two students died.
Aug. 29, 2003
Education: Mishandling of millions of dollars raised by bond issues will be probe’s focus.
May 20, 2001
The principal of a high school where students clashed with police last week has resigned.
Oct. 18, 2002
Movies
“The Upside of Anger” isn’t the only Joan Allen movie opening Friday.
March 7, 2005
A San Francisco stockbroker will get $200,000 and 15 other people will share another $100,000 as reward for their part in the arrest and imprisonment of a former San Marino, Calif., stock brokerage trainee, the first person in the nation charged with drug tampering.
Jan. 16, 1987
Fullerton campus rally draws 300 who oppose higher tuition and fees for the system.
April 30, 2004
Thirty-three students attending the city’s public schools were suspended for sexually assaulting classmates in the first five months of the school year, a sharp increase from the same period last year, according to district documents.
April 3, 2004
State schools chief Jack O’Connell on Monday named members of another new panel aimed at improving California’s struggling public education system.
April 12, 2005