Education Policy, Business and Technology

San Francisco, Oakland Schools Expand Computer Science With $8.5 Million Salesforce Donation

THE Journal: Both San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and Oakland Unified School District (OUD) scored funding from a technology company earlier this week to help expand their computer science and math curriculum. The $8.5 million donation from Salesforce is part of an ongoing effort to support college and career programs in surrounding area schools.

The San Francisco-based cloud-computing company will continue its four-year partnership with SFUSD and Mayor Ed Lee, as well as a new partnership with OUSD and Mayor Libby Schaaf. Of the $8.5 million donation, $6 million will go to SFUSD and $2.5 million will go to OUSD. Additionally, Salesforce is allocating $100,000 to the Principal’s Innovation Fund, a grant awarded to principals to address the needs of their schools. The grant will go to 21 middle school principals in SFUSD and six principals in OUSD.

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