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Back to Basics on Local School Board Governance
January 16, 2013
What’s the job of a local school board? What’s the proper role for individual board members? The recent series of...
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Education Desk:
January 16, 2013
SCUSD Budget Taking a Turn for the Better A look at Santa Clara Unified School District’s (SCUSD) $130 million budget...
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Education Desk: Project Labor Agreements for Measure C Construction? West Valley-Mission Board Hears Arguments
January 9, 2013
On Tuesday, December 11, West Valley-Mission Community College District (WVMCCCD) Board of Trustees held a public hearing on the pros...
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Education Desk: Dec. 26, 2012
December 26, 2012
“His explanations explanatory of explanations explained was interminable,” Abraham Lincoln once said of his political rival Stephen Douglas. He could...
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Marathon Meeting Launches Cultural Revolution at SCUSD Board
December 19, 2012
Last week’s 7-hour standing-room-only Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) board meeting brought to mind many clichés, foremost among them,...
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Santa Clara Unified School District’s Solar Energy Program Is a Money Saver
December 19, 2012
What do Millikin Basics+ Elementary School, Buchser Middle School, the Wilson Education Options campus and Peterson Middle School have in...
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Wilcox High School Junior Chosen to Study Climate Change in Bangladesh
December 12, 2012
A four-week, all-expense-paid trip to Bangladesh may not be at the top of your travel list, but 16-year-old Wilcox High...
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Santa Clara Education Desk
November 21, 2012
SCUSD: Out With the Old, In With the New Following what was likely the most contentious school board election in...
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Girls Achieving in Non-traditional Subjects Reach for the Stars
November 7, 2012
Girls Achieving in Non-traditional Subjects (GAINS) is a 12-year-old program of the Santa Clara Unified School District to encourage young...
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Westwood Burglary Leaves Students Without New Technology and Funds from Fundraiser
November 7, 2012
On Friday morning, October 26th, a targeted burglary at Westwood Elementary left students without 10 new iPads and one MacBook...




