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Katharine Fong
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Editor-in-Chief, California Educator
San Francisco
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Biography
Currently, I'm Editor in Chief at California Educator magazine. Previously I held high-level editing and management positions at the Mercury News, Miami Herald, Mother Jones and other publications. @kathfong, linkedin.com/in/katharinefong/
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By Katharine Fong Verified| California Educator Verified THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MOVEMENT in Anaheim is flourishing, in no small part due to the efforts and shared leadership of Anaheim Secondary Teachers Association (ASTA), Anaheim Union High School District, students, parents and community partners. To date, 16 of 21 middle and high schools in AUHSD, whose students speak almost 50 languages in their homes, have transitioned to community schools.
By Katharine Fong Verified| California Educator Verified TYPICALLY, says Nick Chandler, community schools coordinator at Buena Vista Horace Mann K–8 school in San Francisco, the family power structure in schools tends to fall within families with privilege. “Families with income, families with access, families with time,” he explains. At BVHM, such families are few.
By Sherry Posnick-Goodwin, Katharine Fong Verified| californiaeducator.org@ Special Report: As the number of students with trauma increases, educators turn to approaches that focus on relationships, empathyMore and more of our children and youth are coping with the impact of traumatic events in their lives — including chronic homelessness and ongoing abuse, the detention or incarceration of a family member, destructive natural disasters, and shootings and other violent acts in communities.
Company Info
California Educator