San Francisco Scraps 44 School Names, Citing Reckoning With Racism

The school board said the move would shed homages to figures including Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Dianne Feinstein. But critics — including the mayor — said the matter was ill-timed amid the pandemic.Read MoreEducation (K-12), Names, Organizational, Race and Ethnicity, Feinstein, Dianne, Lincoln, Abraham, Washington, George (1732-99), California, San Francisco (Calif), Discrimination, Politics and GovernmentNYT > U.S. News