Palo Alto schools debate new calendar
By Christina Farr The Peninsula Press: A project of the Stanford Graduate Program in Journalism Christina Farr The proposed calendar change will impact high school students the most, moving final exams...
View ArticleSunnyvale’s first gun store opens near schools
By Solly Mirell Solly Mirell U.S. Firearms became Sunnyvale’s first dedicated gun store in 20 years. It’s less than a mile from two elementary schools and a preschool. View audio slideshow >>...
View ArticleStanford-trained teachers flock to work at Redwood City’s Sequoia High
By Daniel Bohm; Peninsula Press Daniel Bohm Stanford-trained high school teacher Danny Bliss uses a video projection to help students review answers. Five days a week, Danny Bliss weaves his beat-up...
View ArticleRedwood City reinstates full school year
By Daniel Bohm; Peninsula Press Daniel Bohm Books will be open at Redwood City for the entire school year. The recently approved state budget provides money that will allow the Redwood City School...
View ArticleCarlmont High parents get an education in drugs
By Daniel Bohm; Peninsula Press Daniel Bohm Sgt. Capovilla shows parents an eight-ounce bag of marijuana. Parents of Carlmont High students were back in school Tuesday night, getting a lesson in...
View ArticleCupertino’s 41-year-old band tourney plays on new turf thanks to bond measure
By Elizabeth Hinckley, Peninsula Press An excerpt from this article is below. Read the full story on the Peninsula Press. A parade of percussionists rolled xylophones and marimbas to the edge of...
View ArticlePalo Alto’s push to green schools bears fruit
By Benjamin Custer, Peninsula Press Palo Alto Unified School District is reducing its carbon footprint and beginning to save money a few years into its most ambitious effort to operate its campuses in...
View ArticleRavenswood City School District to receive funding boost
By Katie Brigham, Peninsula Press … Powered by Cincopa Video Hosting solution. The Ravenswood City School District is working to identify their educational priorities as the district prepares to...
View ArticleAcclaimed tennis and tutoring program for East Palo Alto youth focuses on...
By Katie Brigham, Peninsula Press Kids stream into the hallway of the Taube Tennis Center at Stanford University, plopping down their tennis rackets and picking up their backpacks. Filing into brightly...
View ArticleVolunteers spruce up Palo Alto’s El Carmelo Elementary School
By Austin Meyer, Peninsula Press On May 17 and 18, Beautiful Day — an organization that puts on community service events in Santa Clara County — partnered with El Carmelo Elementary School in Palo Alto...
View ArticlePalo Alto High School students use humor to create engaging sustainability video
By Benjamin Custer, Peninsula Press Normally teachers are the ones educating students. But in “Conserving Energy For Dummies Teachers,” four Palo Alto High School students from Margo Wixsom’s beginning...
View ArticleEast Palo Alto schools exploring most expansive upgrades in decades
By Ariha Setalvad, Peninsula Press 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...
View ArticlePalo 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?
View ArticleMore than exercise, yoga provides calming relief to Palo Alto teens
Mindful of the high-pressure nature of area high schools, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation has been providing free drop-in yoga for local teens with hopes of reducing stress and promoting wellness.
View ArticleJohn Hennessy calls for universal preschool, education reform
In a fireside chat, Stanford President John Hennessy discussed issues surrounding education reform in Silicon Valley and the broader country.
View ArticleDemand to fill cybersecurity jobs booming
More than 209,000 cybersecurity jobs in the U.S. are unfilled and postings are up 74 percent over the past five years, according to government data.
View ArticleTeachers not included in mandatory vaccination efforts
By Sabrina Elfarra, Peninsula Press Student vaccination rates and immunization records have been in the news for months, but important data is missing from the statistics: that of teachers and...
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