“The district’s overall graduation rate increased from 81.8 percent to 82.2 percent last year; it eclipsed the statewide average of 78.5 percent.”
Black, Pacific Islander students in San Francisco improve graduation rates [Ex]
“The department knows that the cost of the Hornblower event will price some families out of attending.”
High cost graduation tickets yield harsh responses, talk of change [Golden Gate X-Press]
“Standard chemotherapy, which uses “cytotoxic” or cell-killing agents, has been attributed to the upswing in survival of leukemias and lymphomas, the leading childhood malignancy, affecting 34 percent of patients. But it has had modest effects on some other childhood cancers.”
Children’s cancer – too low a priority? [Chron]