While San Francisco’s school assignment system has benefited families with the means to transport their children to schools with the most desirable programs, it creates dilemmas for more disadvantaged students who must travel long distances to school, often without the help of their parents. Many lower-income students must choose between long commutes on unreliable public transit and attending lower-performing schools closer to home. This may help explain why San Francisco public schools, like those in many cities nationwide, are increasingly resegregating as decades of court-ordered diversity measures recede into history.
Author Archives: Rebecca Robinson
Rebecca Robinson is a freelance writer who has written in depth about crime, health care, social entrepreneurs, California’s prison system, state and federal medical marijuana laws, and homelessness, among many other topics. She has won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the Alliance for Women in Media, and the Society of Professional Journalists.