California failing to hold public school to standards applied to charter schools Last year, in his final budget as governor, Jerry Brown proudly proclaimed a…
Human societies are so prosperous mostly because of how altruistic we are. Unlike other animals, people cooperate even with complete strangers. We share knowledge on…
How self-segregation and concentrated affluence became normal in America Last summer, the Michigan town of Grosse Pointe Park erected a farmer’s market in the middle of one…
New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason. The vaunted human capacity for reason may have more to do with winning arguments…
It’s conventional wisdom that students of color, frequently Latino and black, are treated unequally in our educational system. This is true for Marin County as…
The agreement could cap a decade of lawsuits between the district and charter school. After nearly a decade of heated negotiations and millions of dollars…
“…Bagley said the district has responded to the union’s myriad requests by posting on its website the formal requests as well as the district’s answers. “They…
One half of the entertainment duo Penn & Teller explains how performance and discomfort make education come alive. Education, at its most engaging, is performance…
There’s bitter irony in the loud complaints from California school officials and unions – particularly in large urban districts – about not having enough money.…
Middle school is too often synonymous with bullying culture. Ask most middle school students to recall a story about bullying, and they’ll have one. Concerned…
This Bay Area school district wants to fight an ‘epidemic’ by building teacher housing. The Mountain View Whisman School Board approves 144-unit apartment building for…