Author: Carolyn Schuk
Schools
Santa Clara Education Desk: July 31, 2013
August 7, 2013
SCUSD Academic Achievement Grew From 2007-2012 – Disabled Students Show Greatest Gains As we head into a new school year,...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: July 24, 2013
July 31, 2013
SVP Scholarship Winners Announced In November 2005, the Santa Clara Council established the Silicon Valley Power Scholarship Program. The program...
Schools
Santa Clara Education Desk: July 24, 2013
July 31, 2013
STAR Tests On the Way Out… With the passage of AB 484 in June, the state legislature will start phasing...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: July 17, 2013
July 24, 2013
Council Sends Distinctive Condominium Project Back to Drawing Board A proposal for some modestly modernistic architecture on Saratoga Avenue drew...
Schools
Santa Clara Education Desk: July 17, 2013
July 24, 2013
Nit-Picking Over CBSA Conference Costs Last week’s Santa Clara Unified School Board meeting illustrated Parkinson’s Law of Committees: The amount...
Schools
Santa Clara Education Desk: July 10, 2013
July 17, 2013
New Common Core Standards On the Horizon Like it or not, the new Common Core (www.commoncore.org) education standards are being...
Arts & Entertainment
Midsummer Mozart Returns to Santa Clara
July 17, 2013
For four decades, the Midsummer Mozart Festival, under the baton of legendary conductor Maestro George Cleve, has delighted Bay Area...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: July 10, 2013
July 17, 2013
City Planning Director Kevin Riley Recognized for Affordable Housing Leadership At its 20th anniversary celebration last month, the Santa Clara...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk: July 3, 2013
July 10, 2013
RDA Oversight Board Postpones Stadium Payment Decision to July “I hear one thing and I hear another and I’m not...
Community
Spieker Pledge Boosts Santa Clara Swim Hall of Fame Hopes
July 10, 2013
The team that hopes to bring the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) to Santa Clara got a big boost...


