Redwood City School District Pushes Forward With Teacher Housing Project
Redwood City School District joins a growing list of Silicon Valley schools starting to address teacher woes through new housing developments.
Education
San Mateo County To ‘Reimagine’ Alternative Education Program
San Mateo County is embarking upon a year-long process to reimagine and restructure the Gateway Court and Community School, one of the county’s alternative education programs for students who have been disciplined or released from juvenile justice systems, administrators announced at a Board of Education meeting on Oct. 4.
A degree 72 years in the making: Donna Meisel’s nontraditional path in higher education
The cool blue glow of a desktop monitor is the only light in Donna’s office as she sits at her desk, rubbing her temples. For most Temple University students, finding sources for a research paper is a relatively mundane task. For Danuta “Donna” Meisel, a blind, 72-year-old Polish immigrant with throat cancer, a literature review
‘Cannot quantify the trauma’: pandemic effects add up in San Mateo County schools
As Principal Alex Quezada began his daily morning walk around Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto, a young student stopped Quezada at the playground to ask if there could be a “break time” later in the day. The student offered a relieved smile when the principal readily agreed, and then he skipped off
“It’s beyond unsettling, it’s terrifying”: At local high schools, the fear of gun violence looms
WOODSIDE – On the morning of Oct. 12, the SAT and PSAT exams began as usual at Woodside High School. Students sat hunched over their test booklets, filling in answer bubbles in hushed classrooms. All was quiet across the high school’s sprawling 30-acre campus. Then the police cars arrived. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
Palo Alto school board candidates battle for district’s values
Peninsula Press · In Palo Alto school board race, a battle for the district's values PALO ALTO – The culture wars have arrived in Palo Alto. In a forum earlier this month for the upcoming school board election, candidates clashed over the place of race, gender and sexuality in local school programs and curricula. While
Not as easy as ABC: California’s battle over dyslexia
California is one of only 11 states in the country that doesn’t require universal dyslexia screening in public schools.
The ocean is the school: How Pacific Islanders transform higher-education
Meet Pacific Islanders who are transforming higher education and advancing the field of Critical Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies, driven by the belief that the Ocean is the school.
Fall Quarter in Quarantine
I have been documenting life on campus since March through photos – this specific photo series documents Stanford life as of November 2020. Some photographs in this short photo collection depict changes Stanford enacted back in March, while others highlight recent developments.
Girls Leadership Nonprofit Works to Lessen COVID-strain for Girls of Color
As Senator Kamala Harris was blazing the campaign trail in August, a non-profit based in her hometown released a study that shows Black and Latinx girls are considerably more likely than their peers to identify as leaders. They are also more likely to have role models in their lives who identify as leaders.
North Bay School District Candidates Grapple with How to Continue to Reopen Schools During Covid-19
The four candidates campaigning for two open seats in the North Bay’s Reed Union School District’s Board of Trustees are focused on reopening the schools safely and improving communication with the community.
As Schools Stay Remote, Pandemic Adds Barriers to Mental Health Support
Schools are struggling to respond to heightened levels of student anxiety seven months into the pandemic.