During the 2017-18 school year, students at JJSE established a new immigrant rights group they are calling 415 Unidos for Freedom. Small Schools for Equity facilitated partnerships with Faith in Action Bay Area and Immigrants Rising to support the students’ work. During the year, dozens of youth leaders from several …
During the 2016-17 school year, SSE supported a community organizing effort led by a JJSE senior to pass one of the strongest Sanctuary Schools policies in the nation. Young people from multiple high schools in San Francisco came together to share stories, analyze the current district policy, draft a new …
As part of its work on developing culturally relevant pedagogy, the staff at June Jordan School for Equity created a detailed framework and training series on being a “warm demander” teacher. Staff members have authored articles on the subject and trained hundreds of teachers from schools across the Bay Area, …
In October 2016, there was a shooting in the parking lot of June Jordan School for Equity. Thankfully the injuries were less serious than they could have been– but the experience was traumatic for the school community. One month later, with financial and logistical support from Small Schools for Equity, …
June Jordan School for Equity has made a commitment to its alumni beyond high school, in order to support the development of leaders from the community. SSE has partnered with San Francisco Peer Resources and other groups to support a local educator pipeline for young people who want to become …
During the 2016-17 school year, SSE supported June Jordan School for Equity students to observe teachers and give them feedback on their classroom practice, through a “What Works Club.” The student leaders developed and led trainings for students from other SFUSD high schools, so those students could participate in Instructional …
Starting in 2015, SSE supported JJSE staff and students to develop an innovative summer school program called Freedom School. Designed for both credit recovery and enrichment, Freedom School use a project-based currculum that is co-led by older students and adult staff, so that it is both an innovation lab and …
Between 2007 and 2014, SSE supported the staff at June Jordan School for Equity to develop a pedagogical framework for classroom practice which came to be known as “The Art of Social Justice Teaching.” Unlike some other attempts to describe good teaching, this framework was developed through a bottom-up, inquiry …