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Photo | Person walks up hill to Stevenson College at UC Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz Sentinel
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (189+ words) A person heading to Stevenson College at UC Santa Cruz is silhouetted as they made their way up the hill from the university’s East Field. The college was named for former governor of Illinois,... A person heading to Stevenson College…...
Santa Cruz City Schools Board of Trustees seeks new member
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (284+ words) The seat falls under the Capitola area and seeks to replace Patricia Threet, who served on the Santa Cruz City Schools Board of Trustees for 14 years. Superintendent Kris Munro thanked Threet for her dedication to the school board at the…...
How the No. 2 pencil became a uniquely American school supply staple
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (440+ words) For generations of Americans, a sharpened No. 2 pencil has represented childhood and coming of age. Still a fixture of back-to-school shopping lists, it outlines a child’s first letters, erases their mistakes and lets them doodle in the margins when they…...
From rural routes to desegregation runs, the yellow school bus faces a new reality
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (398+ words) No act of Congress mandated the color, with its slight orange tint. Rather, a 1939 conference of transportation officials from all U.S. states (then 48) chose the shade for its visibility as one of the first safety standards. At their peak in the…...
Big 12 forecast: BYU, Houston, Texas Tech and Arizona top our projections for the conference race
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (97+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel 42 years behind the wheel: Santa Cruz Metro bus operator is most tenured employee in agency’s history Santa Cruz County | Proposed Portola Drive affordable housing developers host meeting Santa Cruz woman celebrates her 100th birthday Scotts Valley business owners…...
Omaha's largest school district stops officers from using shock gloves
1+ week, 1+ day ago (426+ words) By KATHY McCORMACK, Associated Press Police officers at Omaha’s largest public school district will no longer use gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, after the superintendent asked to halt the program this week, the mayor said. Omaha Public Schools…...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens, promising age-appropriate chatbot
1+ week, 3+ day ago (452+ words) The San Francisco-based company says ChatGPT for Teens, which launches Tuesday, is tailored for kids aged 13 to 17 with stronger protections including content restrictions around things like suicide, self-harm and romantic or sexual chats. It also provides homework and study support…...
Photo | Chilling at Cowell College
1+ week, 4+ day ago (135+ words) Santa Cruz Sentinel A person is silhouetted as they sit on a bench in a walkway that traverses the entry atrium at Cowell College at UC Santa Cruz. Founded in 1965 as the first college at UCSC, it is named for…...
Cabrillo College Human Services program receives statewide accreditation
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (608+ words) APTOS — When Cabrillo College Human Services students start school Aug. 24, they will have a streamlined process to receive their drug and alcohol counselor certifications, after the program received accreditation from the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals in April,…...
Youngest Black professor at Cambridge who faced plagiarism claims is found dead
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (614+ words) By SYLVIA HUI, Associated Press Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became Cambridge’s youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned after he came under intense media pressure, with weeks of allegations about plagiarism in his academic work and questions surrounding claims about…...