A San Francisco High School Succeeds, Against the Odds
Show #100, Hour 1 | Guest: Kristina Rizga has been writing about youth and student issues for over a decade, most recently as an education reporter for \u201cMother Jones.\u201d Her writing has been published in \u201cThe Nation,\u201d \u201cThe American Prospect,\u201d and Global Post, among other publications. Prior to \u201cMother Jones,\u201d Rizga was the executive editor of \u201cWireTap, \u201can award-winning political magazine for young adults. She is also co-founder and reporter at the Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism, based in her homeland, Latvia. She lives with her husband Mike Stern in San Francisco. | Show Summary: Mother Jones education reporter Kristina Rizga presents the hopeful tale of one of the nation\u2019s most diverse public schools innovating against the odds. Mission High School has created engaging and effective classrooms, even while being classified as \u201clow-performing\u201d and struggling against closure and test scores.