East Palo Alto schools exploring most expansive upgrades in decades
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 1945.
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Acclaimed tennis and tutoring program for East Palo Alto youth focuses on parental involvement
East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring ushers low-income kids from the tennis courts to the classroom. The program’s focus on parents comes as the Ravenswood City School District has major changes.
Ravenswood City School District to receive funding boost
The district is working to identify their educational priorities as it prepares to receive an influx of cash and increased control over allocation of the money under California’s new K-12 school funding formula.
Palo Alto’s push to green schools bears fruit
The school district is uprooting sprinkler-reliant lawns, implementing composting and recycling and adopting more energy conscious habits in its push to reduce its carbon footprint and save money.
Educational toy manufacturer LeapFrog posts disappointing fourth quarter earnings
The Emeryville-based toymaker reported that the company’s consolidated net sales were down 5 percent, U.S. segment net sales were down 9 percent and net income per diluted share was down 4 percent.
Ohlone Elementary Principal Bill Overton believes in ‘life skills curriculum’ for students
For Ohlone Elementary School’s principal Bill Overton, life is a classroom. He believes in a supplementary “life skills curriculum” that includes walking in people’s shoes–literally.
Paly prepares for year of hard hats and rubble to pave way for gleaming athletic center
The high school plans to replace antiquated gyms with state-of-the-art facilities by August 2015. Officials are making arrangements to mitigate disruption to student activities during construction.
New Common Core school standards inspire Ravenswood to revamp curriculum
Teachers and administrators in East Palo Alto are preparing for a national initiative that leave curriculum planning to individual school districts, but provides a set of universal standards.
Pro wrestlers raise cash for Santa Clara schools and back ‘WrestleMania’ bid
This was not your typical middle school fundraiser: wrestlers demonstrated their moves to raise money for the Santa Clara Schools Foundation and to help the city’s bid to host WrestleMania 2015.