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Paul Gardiner
Personal blog · sfeducation.substack.comdatapolitics
Paul Gardiner writes SFEDup, a personal blog at sfeducation.substack.com about data and politics. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite this Substack for data on San Francisco schools, including staffing, salaries, class-size ratios and district projects. Commenters use its posts as evidence in debates about education spending.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Data about Education in San Francisco.
What Hacker News says?
San Francisco government suffers from NIH syndrome. This is just one example. The school district is trying to invent a way to teach algebra to 8th graders. Like it's never been done before, and no other district is doing it successfully: https://sfeducation.substack.com/p/trash-cans-and-math-polic...
Comment linking /p/trash-cans-and-math-policy
on “San Francisco Tried to Build a $1.7M Toilet. It's Still Not Done”Submitted How your high school affects your chances of UC Admission as a story · 3 points
HN discussionA classroom size of 35 isn't the same as an instructor ratio of 1:35. Gym teachers, art teachers, librarians, counselors and tons of other support staff that directly deal with students all day all need to get paid. This study shows that most schools in the bay area seem to have a ratio of 1:20 for certificated staff to students. https://sfeducation.substack.com/p/salaries-staffing-and-sch... The school district als…
Comment linking /p/salaries-staffing-and-school-sizes
on “Unschooling Is the Parenting Trend That's Pissing Everyone Off”Submitted Which Elementary Schools Would You Close? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted SBAC Results for SFUSD as a story · 1 points
HN discussion