‘Cannot quantify the trauma’: pandemic effects add up in San Mateo County schools
byAs Principal Alex Quezada began his daily morning walk around Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto, a young student stopped Quezada at…
Education
“It’s beyond unsettling, it’s terrifying”: At local high schools, the fear of gun violence looms
byWOODSIDE – On the morning of Oct. 12, the SAT and PSAT exams began as usual at Woodside High School. Students sat hunched over…
Palo Alto school board candidates battle for district’s values
byPALO ALTO – The culture wars have arrived in Palo Alto. In a forum earlier this month for the upcoming school board election, candidates…
Not as easy as ABC: California’s battle over dyslexia
byCalifornia 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
byMeet 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
byI 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
byAs 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
byThe 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
bySchools are struggling to respond to heightened levels of student anxiety seven months into the pandemic.
UC Considering Boosting Aid to Most Needy Students Amid Pandemic
byAs students across the nation grapple with the challenges of a virtual semester, the University of California is considering expanding its definition of basic needs beyond minimal food and shelter.
University researchers grapple with impacts of power outages
byBAY AREA — Universities across the Bay Area have grappled with the impacts of the Kincade Fire and PG&E’s preventive power outages, that left over 1.5 million Californians without of power throughout October.
Design-thinking trickling into elementary school classrooms
byAt Phillips Brooks Elementary School in Menlo Park, students arrange spaghetti, string and marshmallows to concoct freestanding towers, following the same design-thinking process as Stanford University undergraduates.