Honoring the Legacy of Bernice Sandler, the “Godmother of Title IX”
byBernice Sandler was one of the main powerhouses behind the creation and passing of the Title IX law in 1972.
Education
The Castilleja School plans to submit updated expansion plans
byPALO ALTO — Contrary to neighbors’ wishes, the Castilleja School plans on submitting revised expansion plans to the City of Palo Alto this upcoming February.
Visualizing feelings: Art and social emotional learning in the Bay
bySAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA — Social and emotional learning-driven art is emerging in school districts across the Bay Area. The program takes a progressive approach to education aimed at enhancing emotional intelligence and specifically designed for children.
School district to implement new sexual misconduct education program
byPALO ALTO — The Palo Alto Unified School District is devising an education program to confront sexual misconduct in its schools.
Mountain View schools explore ways to provide affordable housing for teachers
byMOUNTAIN VIEW – As housing prices continue to surge in the Bay Area, Mountain View schools are exploring a range of ways to provide affordable residences for its teachers.
School nurses face challenges meeting health needs of all students
byGone are the days of a nurse simply doing vision screenings and doling out Band-Aids in one school. In many communities, more students with serious health conditions are getting care from school nurses, many of them racing from school to school.
Local Peninsula bookstores find success not going by the book
byThree Bay Area entrepreneurs have very different backgrounds, but all are involved in the same enterprise: saving the independent bookstore.
Investing in food as medicine: Food pharmacies debut from coast to coast
byPioneering a new approach to health challenges, clinics and hospitals are now offering a different kind of medicine – a prescription for healthy food every week.
From prisoner to programmer: One man turns 28-year sentence into a learning opportunity
byReporter Chisom Oraedu shares the story of a formerly incarcerated man who is changing the course of his life by learning coding skills and launching a new career.
Teachers in East Palo Alto’s Ravenswood School District ask superintendent to resign
byTeachers in the Ravenswood City School District are pushing for the resignation of the superintendent, Gloria Hernandez-Goff, saying they’ve lost confidence in her ability to lead.
Sexy salamanders teach second graders the art of newt romance
byReporter Emily Williams writes about a field trip where elementary students could connect their experiences to what they are learning in the classroom.
California’s school financing shift gives a boost to East Palo Alto schools, but inequities remain
byReducing long-standing funding disparities between wealthy and impoverished school districts was one goal of a 2013 shift in how California funds public schools. But is it working?