San Francisco: One of many historical footnotes for liberalism

(usatoday.com) SAN FRANCISCO — Wayne Cooksey joined the flight of African-Americans from this city last year to escape soaring rents and buy a home. Michael Higgenbotham left six years ago for a safer neighborhood and better schools for his three children. Adell Adams retired and wanted to downsize but knew her home’s equity wouldn’t go [...]

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One school is finding it hard to keep up

(seattletimes.com) Seattle’s African American Academy was supposed to be a model for educating black children.
After almost two decades, it has come to represent the district’s continuing failure to raise black students’ academic achievement.
Seventh-grade math test scores at the K-8 school are the lowest in the district. Enrollment has declined, from a peak of 508 students [...]

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