Bay Area OUSD educators walk out in wildcat strike action By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | March 24, 2023 Striking teachers want to raise their salaries to the median in Alameda County.
Featured in Category PUSD honors Dave Ragones as Arthur Hecht Volunteer of the Year award winner By Piedmont Unified School District | March 24, 2023 Ragones has championed STEAM education in Piedmont as a co-founder of Piedmont Makers and numerous other endeavors.
Featured in Category School district to host three family workshops on navigating a diverse world By Exedra Staff, PUSD | March 24, 2023 "Everyone Belongs: How We as Parents Can Help Children Thrive in a Diverse World" will take place in May.
Bay Area California is preparing more credentialed teachers, but is it enough? By Diana Lambert | EdSource | March 24, 2023 California is one of the few states seeing an increase in entrants to the teaching profession.
Bay Area Amid California’s mounting literacy crisis, state names new literacy directors By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | March 24, 2023 The state is highlighting structured literacy, which stresses explicit lessons on reading fundamentals such as phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Around Town Judges named for 54th Annual Piedmont Bird Calling Contest By Piedmont Unified School District | March 21, 2023 Filling the roles of "Celebrity Judges" will be Rosemary Orozco and Michael Poryes. This year’s "Bird Calling Expert Judge" is Joe Fendel.
Around Town Education Speaker Series: How to talk to kids about money and giving By Lou Fancher | March 21, 2023 ESS speaker Rebecca Trobe, Psy.D, tackles a complicated subject on March 28.
Featured in Category Highlander Robotics finishes 2nd in Fresno By Kevin Clark | reader submission | March 21, 2023 The 34-member team is composed of students from PHS, MHS, and other Bay Area high schools.
Around Town Readmont 2023 | ‘No Stopping Us Now’ by Lucy Jane Bledsoe By Beth Black | Readmont | March 21, 2023 Piedmont’s community read project will convene a discussion of the book on April 26.
Bay Area AI in school: Virtually chatting with George Washington and your personal GPT-4 tutor By John Fensterwald | EdSource | March 20, 2023 Khan Academy is first off the block to apply the new GPT-4 artificial intelligence software to education with Khanmigo.