A teacher at a top-tier public high school in San Francisco is under investigation following reports of classroom quizzes that contained inappropriate questions, including sexist and fat-shaming language.<\/p>\n
The San Francisco Unified School District said it is aware of the allegations at Lowell High School \u201cregarding inappropriate questions on a teacher\u2019s exam and other related concerns,\u201d according to district spokesperson Laura Dudnick. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe take these concerns seriously and are actively investigating,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She declined to identify the educator or say if he had been placed on leave, citing privacy in personnel matters, but said \u201conce an issue is brought to our attention, we investigate every report and take appropriate corrective action if required.\u201d<\/p>\n
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that<\/a> the teacher gave quizzes to students in his ninth-grade Algebra I classes that included problems centered on how much to spend on a date based on their weight and the height of a \u201cfat kid\u201d the teacher punted into the air. The Times was not able to independently confirm these allegations. <\/p>\n Lowell, which requires students to apply for admission, is routinely ranked among the highest-performing public high schools in California, according to U.S. News and World Report<\/a>. <\/p>\n Dudnick emphasized that the district\u2019s priority continues to be that \u201cstudents feel safe and supported in school.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLowell remains committed to fostering a welcoming, responsive school community where every student feels comfortable coming forward,\u201d she said, mentioning that there are multiple ways for students and families to report issues, including the district\u2019s 24\/7 anonymous reporting system.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teacher at a top-tier public high school in San Francisco is under investigation following reports of classroom…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[9574,4579,94602,13985,94600,1793,94601,94599,35617,3729,101,103,102,81988,104,106,105,4574,10384,94598,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-204314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-allegation","9":"tag-district","10":"tag-dudnick","11":"tag-exam","12":"tag-inappropriate-question","13":"tag-issue","14":"tag-lowell","15":"tag-prompt-investigation","16":"tag-quiz","17":"tag-report","18":"tag-san-francisco","19":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","20":"tag-san-francisco-news","21":"tag-san-francisco-teacher","22":"tag-sf","23":"tag-sf-headlines","24":"tag-sf-news","25":"tag-student","26":"tag-teacher","27":"tag-top-tier-public-high-school","28":"tag-u-s-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}