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Cupertino Principal Surprised with Grant from 49ers Foundation
Every year, the San Francisco 49ers Foundation hands out more than $20,000 in grants to local educators. The Follow Your Bliss Award, inspired by Dr. Harry Edwards, honors local educators “… who lead our future generation with purpose, passion, dedication and love despite uncertainties and any hurdles they may face.”
Zum’s Prakash Accepts Innovator of the Year Award at STN EXPO
Reno, Nev. — With his family from India in attendance, Pallav Prakash accepted the 2024 School Transportation News Innovator of the Year award. Prakash, the director of electrification program management for Zum Services, was honored for the implementation of a 100-percent electric school bus operation with bidirectional charging at Oakland Unified School District.
Navigator Schools employ innovative teaching techniques
Lea este artículo en español aquí. Navigator Schools, a network including Gilroy Prep, Hollister Prep, Watsonville Prep and Hayward Collegiate, use a student-led model of education as opposed to the typical teacher-led system. At Hollister Prep, which was founded in 2013, a classroom is very active, and...
Power tools replace pens, paper at this SF high-school internship
Woodwork and auto-shop classes waned in popularity when most millennials were in high school, but shop class isn’t dead in San Francisco public schools. In fact, research shows that Generation Z students are more interested in skilled-labor trades than their predecessors. Current students and recent high-school graduates are flocking to vocational schools more than their predecessors, so much so that Generation Z has been nicknamed “the Toolbelt Generation” for its willingness to embrace trades-job training over traditional four-year colleges. ...
The Oakland Ed Week in Review 7/6/24-7/12/24
We’re back with our roundup of education news from around The Town, the Bay Area, state, and nation for your weekend reading. This is a Dirk favorite and one of the last blogs he published for Great School Voices. Here’s what’s been going on:. Here in Oakland...
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