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Wednesday night high school roundup: Los Gatos knocks off Los Altos, SHC boys soccer stuns St. Francis
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (18+ words) Wednesday night high school roundup: Los Gatos knocks off Los Altos, SHC boys soccer stuns St. Francis'mercurynews.com...
Saratoga students contribute to communities on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
21+ hour, 5+ min ago (373+ words) About 60 Saratoga High School students participated in volunteer activities on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Avani Vijay, a ninth-grader, said she signed up for two shifts with the Lasagna Love project because her teachers encouraged her and…...
Letters: Disempowered teachers are a problem for state’s schools
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (622+ words) Re: "Schools emerge as a key subject" (Page A1, Jan. 19). The story on how gubernatorial candidates would address public schools" underachievement can be distilled into two "solutions," neither of which really works: 1) Democrats propose spending more money on school programs, while…...
Letters: Column oversimplifies education differences between states
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (655+ words) Re: "Capitol wrongly worries over education budget, not results" (Page A8, Jan. 18). You can teach an adult to read Spanish in six weeks because the language has 27 letters and 29 sounds. English has 26 letters and 51 sounds. Given this, phonics is part of…...
Berkeley, a Look Back: 1926 school board votes to sell Kellogg building
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (541+ words) A century ago, the Berkeley school board hired a professor from Stanford in January 1926 to "conduct a through investigation of the physical needs of the public school system" in town, the Berkeley Daily Gazette reported that month. A Berkeley public…...
As California’s schools struggle, governor hopefuls clash over who’s to blame — and who should fix it
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (1257+ words) Education is California's largest state expense, consuming more than a third of the state budget through K-12 schools alone. Yet as voters prepare to choose a successor to outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom, candidates across the political spectrum agree the system is…...
San Jose high school students can enroll in career tech classes
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (144+ words) Registration for the 2026-27 school year at the'Silicon Valley Career Technical Education'(SVCTE) center was set to open on Tuesday, Jan.' 20. Nearly 1,500 students in grades 10-12 from over 45 schools in Santa Clara County enroll each year, earning college credit and industry certifications…...
Nominations open for Sunnyvale’s 2026 Community Awards
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (229+ words) Nominations are open for Sunnyvale's 2026 Community Awards in the following categories: Distinguished Resident of the Year recognizes an individual who devoted a significant amount of time, resources or talent toward improving the community and making a lasting impact on the…...
They said it: School trustee’s spoof song glorifying gunplay misses mark with teachers
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (119+ words) San Jose Unified School District Board Vice President Brian Wheatley listens to public comment during their Board meeting in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) "Randolph the Bow-Legged Cowboy had a very shiny gun,…...
Milpitas high school students can enroll in career tech classes
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (148+ words) Registration for the 2026-27 school year at the'Silicon Valley Career Technical Education'(SVCTE) center was set to open on Tuesday, Jan.' 20. Nearly 1,500 students in grades 10-12 from over 45 schools in Santa Clara County enroll each year, gaining opportunities to earn college credit;…...