Taylor Barton
JournalistTaylor Barton is an education reporter for KALW supported by the California Local Newsroom Fellowship. She is passionate about covering education, public health, public safety, and the overlap between these topics. Taylor’s work has been supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism, UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program, and Climate Equity Reporting Project. Before journalism Taylor was an actor, a sexual assault prevention educator for the military, helped run a soup kitchen in Chicago, and led media relations for a former U.S. ambassador to NATO.
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Parents at Daniel Webster Elementary in Potrero Hill secured a grant to cool down their scorching-hot schoolyard, but the district won’t let them claim the money. -
CrosscurrentsProp 40 is asking voters to approve a first-of-its-kind wealth tax on billionaires. Most of that money would go to healthcare, but could this measure also help California’s schools? -
San Francisco is facing its fourth heat advisory this year. For students in aging schools, this can make learning almost impossible. -
San Francisco’s school board has finally picked a direction for the district’s new and improved enrollment system -
San Francisco Unified got one step closer to overhauling its school lottery policy on Tuesday. -
An Oakland middle school has reopened their dental clinic, where no one is turned away. -
Nurses marched in San Francisco on Wednesday to protest Palantir’s involvement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
Educators want you to vote yes on Prop 3 this November, but opponents worry it will drive the wealthy away. -
San Francisco Unified is using bond money to update school buildings, but the group overseeing the spending has sued the district. -
After much anticipation, San Francisco Unified made the announcement on Thursday morning.
