Seven Bay Area schools are among 28 in the state and 325 nationwide that were recently recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced.

Schools are given the recognition each year based on overall academic performance or noteworthy progress in closing achievement gaps, according to federal education officials.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.