San Francisco Education Clown Show

Yes, there's other, more important news, but sometimes the San Francisco education clown show--Abraham Lincoln not pure enough to name a school after, striking Lowell High's merit-based admissions so it can be like the other 14 mediocre high schools--cannot go unremarked:

They didn’t appoint him, and now the parent group remains all moms which means women must do all the work of the group. And seven hours after the meeting started, they still aren’t talking about how to safely reopen schools.

— Heather Knight (@hknightsf) February 10, 2021

19th century: it's who you are, not what you do.
20th century: it's what you do, not who you are.
21st century: it's who you are, not what you do.

Progress!