Palestinian students campaign for the right to education
Two Palestinian students have been traveling across the U.S., as part of the Right to Education tour that aims to highlight the injustices Palestinians face as university students.
Education
Palo Alto teen suicides spark fresh debate on stressful student life
After two Palo Alto teens committed suicide this fall, concerned parents are discussing a topic that has resurfaced periodically in a high-achieving school district: are Palo Alto’s kids too stressed?
Mountain View Whisman School District redrawing boundaries by 2016
Persistent over-enrollment in Mountain View’s schools is prompting the district to redraw school boundaries, a move that administrators hope will balance out enrollment in schools by the 2016-2017 school year.
East Palo Alto Youth Court works to prevent students from entering juvenile justice system
Helping to keep juveniles out of actual court, the East Palo Alto Youth Court is a community-centered courtroom staffed by youth who are trained to serve as the attorneys, jurors, bailiffs and clerks.
East Palo Alto nonprofit works with youth to promote self-empowerment through music
Live in Peace, a nonprofit in East Palo Alto, gives area kids a place to practice and learn music as an after-school activity.
Technology and education intersect at inaugural ‘ATXpo’
Themed “Ideas with Impact,” the ATXpo event aimed to bring Stanford’s community into a single physical space to discuss teaching and learning with technology.
California state superintendent race becomes a battle over tech in schools
San Francisco’s School Board is watching anxiously as education reformer Marshall Tuck threatens to unseat State Superintendent Tom Torlakson for the state’s top education job.
Profiles: Meet the 2014 Palo Alto School Board candidates
Palo Alto’s quest to fill two vacant seats has become a debate over priorities: Address Common Core standards, student stress or soaring enrollment?
East Palo Alto schools exploring most expansive upgrades in decades
The Ravenswood City School District is proposing spending more than $133 million on repairing and expanding East Palo Alto’s schools, the most major upgrades since 1945.