Featured in Category Letter to the Editor | Varsity football is too valuable to abandon By PHS Varsity football team members | January 14, 2022 Piedmont High School varsity football players say canceling next year's team would be hasty and unfair.
Featured in Category Mills college, alumnae association to drop lawsuits filed against one another By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | January 14, 2022 Mills College is expected to join Northeastern University around July 1.
California Number of undergraduates continues to fall in California By Zaidee Stavely | EdSource | January 14, 2022 A large drop in undergraduate enrollment followed the shift to online learning in fall 2020.
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop 2022: Five Bay Area bands you don’t want to miss By Lydia Sviatoslavsky | Bay City News Foundation | January 14, 2022 After a COVID-related hiatus in 2021, the Noise Pop festival is scheduled to return next month.
California State temporarily loosens rules for substitute teachers By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | January 11, 2022 Some school districts have already been calling for parent volunteers to staff classrooms amid teacher absences.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Don’t Look Up’ illustrates 5 myths that fuel rejection of science By Gale Sinatra and Barbara K. Hofer | The Conversation | January 11, 2022 The recently released disaster feature is a Hollywood primer on willful misunderstandings of climate science.
Bay Area Omicron surge pushes universities and colleges to distance learning By Exedra Staff | January 7, 2022 Rising COVID cases have forced quick changes of plan for the start of the academic year at many institutions.
California State clarifies isolation rules for workers, including school staff By Diana Lambert | EdSource | January 7, 2022 CalOSHA rules for COVID-positive, asymptomatic workers require a five-day isolation followed by five days of wearing a mask around others.
Bay Area About 500 Oakland Unified teachers called in sick Friday By Keith Burbank | Bay City News and Exedra Staff | January 7, 2022 The sickout led to the closure of 12 schools and came as a high school student petition demanded more COVID protections.
Bay Area Oakland memorial service for John Madden set for February By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | January 7, 2022 The Super Bowl-winning Oakland Raiders coach died Dec. 28, age 85.