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Rain.
Highs: 48-56.
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Bridge, Chess . . . . . . . E9
Classified . . . . . . . . . . E7
Autos . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
Comics . . . . . . . . . E8, E9
Crosswords. . . . . . E8, E9
Editorials . . . . . . . . . A21
Horoscope . . . . . . . . . E8
Legal notices . . . . . . . D5
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . A21
Lottery . . . . . . . . . . . . A2
Market Report . . . . . . D4
Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . E6
Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . C6
Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . A20
Television . . . . . . . . . . E7
Theater. . . . . . . . . . . . E2
INDEX
By Jill Tucker
When Eva Kelloggs bosses
evaluated her performance as
a teacher, they observed her
classes. They reviewed her
lesson plans. They polled her
students, their parents and
other teachers. And then they
took a look at her students
standardized test scores.
When the lengthy process
was over, the eighth-grade
English teacher at Aspire Li-
onel Wilson College Prepara-
tory Academy in Oakland had
received the highest rank pos-
sible.
She was a master teacher.
And based on her job per-
formance, she got a $3,000
bonus as well as a metaphor-
ical front-row seat at one of
Charter schools at core
of teacher-rating debate
EDUCATION
Education continues on A16
By Nellie Bowles
The online TEDWomen
conference in 2010 was sup-
posed to be a one-time event, a
gathering in Washington to
talk about the state of women in
the world.
But that changed when Face-
book COO Sheryl Sandberg
took to the podium and spoke
about the need for women to be
assertive in the workplace,
laying the groundwork for her
best-selling book, Lean In,
galvanizing a movement and
taking feminism viral.
The next thing organizers
knew, women from all over the
world were holding smaller
online talks, spin-offs of TED-
Women called TEDxWomen.
Speakers became rock stars.
TEDWomen event in S.F.
now packs a global punch
FEMINISM
Forum continues on A16
By Louis Freedberg
Nelson Mandela, the most
celebrated political prisoner of
the 20th century who emerged
from 27 years in jail to negotiate
an end to apartheid, South
Africas harshly enforced sys-
tem of racial segregation, and
become his nations first demo-
cratically elected president,
died Thursday at his home in
the Johannesburg suburb of
Houghton. He was 95.
South African President
Jacob Zuma made the an-
nouncement in a televised ad-
dress to the nation, saying,
Weve lost our greatest son.
Mr. Mandela had been hospi-
talized in Pretoria in early June,
after a series of lung infections
that may have been related to
his bout with tuberculosis
while in prison a quarter-centu-
ry ago. He had lived at home in a
sterilized bedroom rigged as an
intensive care unit. A team of
doctors had attended to him
HERO. LIBERATOR.
ICON
Walter Dhladhla / AFP / Getty Images 1994
Nelson Mandelas improbable rise from rebel leader and prisoner to revered political figure peaked when he became South Africas first black president in 1994.
Towering world
leader leaves
legacy of justice
and freedom
By Joe Garofoli
Long before Nelson Mandela
filled the Oakland Coliseum in
a triumphant visit shortly after
being released from a South
African prison in 1990, the Bay
Area had been a hub of the
antiapartheid movement and
shared a special connection
with the civil rights leader.
Opposing South Africas
racist apartheid system unified
factions in the Bay Area and
state like few other issues.
Longshore workers and college
students joined in the effort
with celebrities such as Whoo-
pi Goldberg and politicians
including a Republican gover-
nor, George Deukmejian.
Longtime Rep. Ron Dellums
Close connection
to the Bay Area
came long before
his years of glory
Alexander Joe / AFP / Getty Images
South Africans gather outside the house of Nelson Mandela shortly after
hearing about the death of the antiapartheid leader and former president.
Bay Area continues on A17
Mandela continues on A18
1 Editorial: Mandelas long
fight against oppression makes
him a hero for the ages. A21
1 In Sports: Athletic world
mourns the loss of a true fan. B3
NELSON MANDELA | 1918-2013