November 8, 2012
Teach For America alumna I'Asha Warfield is recognized as a 2013 California Teacher of the Year and chosen to represent the state in the National Teacher of the Year competition.
Get to Know Sacramento
Sacramento’s movement to end educational inequity is longstanding and gaining tremendous momentum. At Teach For America, we are excited to work alongside community leaders in the fight to improve opportunities and outcomes for our students. Evidence of change is all around us, from the growth of high quality charter schools to the creation of the High Performing Schools Compact aligning public charter and traditional public schools in the pursuit of educational opportunity for all our children.
We have seen more than 90% of third graders at PS7 Elementary school reading at or above grade level -- the highest reading proficiency in the city according to 2011 state testing data -- and know that it is not only possible to close the achievement gap, but that it is, in fact, happening right in front of us. Teach For America is a committed partner in this work.
Region Timeline
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Sacramento citizens adopt a charter making Sacramento California’s oldest incorporated city. As a charter city, Sacramento will remain exempt from many of the laws and regulations passed by the state.
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Sacramento High School, the city’s first secondary education institution, is founded. Today, the school is an independent public charter high school, and still stands on its original site.
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Sacramento is named the permanent state capital of California.
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Individual schools within the city of Sacramento begin to integrate.
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Sacramento is the endpoint for a civil rights march of the United Farm Workers led by Cesar Chavez.
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Time magazine recognizes Sacramento as the most diverse and integrated city in the nation.
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Twin Rivers Unified School District is formed in Northern Sacramento.
