SCHOOLS & KIDS
Whatever Happened to the Stork?
In light of the decision in the UK to provide preliminary sex education for six-year old schoolchildren, the Times Online asks five children where babies come from and get... |
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on Sep 24, 2008 at 5:44 pm by Accidents Cause People, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Single, Childless and ‘Downright Terrified’
From NYT Web Link
Jane Gross’s NYT blog describes the fears of those who are Single, Chil... |
Sharon |
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on Aug 17, 2008 at 1:42 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How Our Culture Keeps Students Out of Science
Some keen insights on the dismal state of science education in our schools.
"In March, Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, testified before the House Committee on Sci... |
Sharon |
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on Aug 9, 2008 at 4:56 pm by Thanks PAUSD, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Math Is Harder for Girls. . . and also, it seems, for the New York Times.
The New York Times is determined to show that women are discriminated against in the sciences; too bad the facts say otherwise.
A new study has “found that girls perfo... |
Sharon |
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on Aug 2, 2008 at 8:17 pm by Walter E. Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Unloading Information Overload
WSJWeb Link
On average, knowledge workers change activities every three minutes, usually b... |
Sharon |
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on Jul 11, 2008 at 7:15 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Child Drownings Rise,Spark Safety Concerns
Safety officials say they aren't certain about the cause of the increase.
Yet consumer advocates point out that large and relatively cheap inflatable pools that are now wi... |
Sharon |
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on May 22, 2008 at 1:57 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Paly
I used to think that Palo Alto was a great place to raise my kids, now I am beginning to wonder. The bar is high here. How high? Drop by Paly and see what the topic of co... |
Sharon Witte |
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on Nov 3, 2009 at 12:46 pm by Scrambled, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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PAUSD parallels?
We read with dismay an article concerning the proposed dollar increase in the children's lunch program combined with the depletion of the staff involved that influence the def... |
Shirley and Chesley Douglas |
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on May 22, 2007 at 6:44 pm by Palo alto mom, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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How do we know that MI really works?
I've been trying to follow the MI debate and I hear a lot about fairness and process and legality and strategic plans, but it seems to me that the whole MI discussion is based... |
ShowMe |
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on Feb 20, 2009 at 1:32 pm by Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, a resident of Woodside |
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No More Free Shuttle to Terman or Gunn!
Just a reminder to those Terman & Gunn students that relied on the free shuttle to school- rumor has it that the shuttle won't be running this school year to Terman or Gunn. ... |
Shuttle-Less |
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on Aug 13, 2008 at 9:23 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Beloved Former Paly Principal Dresses Down School Board and Superintendent Over PR Hire
Buried in the "packet" for last night's school board meeting was a letter from Sandra Pearson, the former Principal of Paly. In her letter, Pearson dressed down the Board and ... |
Silence Dogood |
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on Apr 17, 2013 at 7:42 am by Wow, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Creativity and Palo Alto Schools?
I was just listening to KQED where an expert on Japanese culture was critiquing the Japanese education system for failing to promote creativity among its students. It’s going... |
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on Oct 18, 2006 at 11:51 am by parent, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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IT'S BACK!!!! Board votes to revisit MI as a choice program
Just the possibility that it might receive an application to start a charter Mandarin Immersion program has the PAUSD school board, as of this evening, reopening the question ... |
Simon Firth |
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on Jan 8, 2010 at 10:05 pm by Ed Chi, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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1967 Palo Alto high school fascism experiment becomes movie
Did you know that a movie has been made about the 1967 'Third Wave' experiment at Cubberly High School? Here's the lede from an article from today's Hollywood Reporter and a ... |
Simon Firth |
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on Jan 30, 2008 at 9:06 pm by Cougar, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Menlo Park On Track For Adopting FLES
Supporters of FLES in Palo Alto might be interested to know that, after a Nov. 20th school board vote, the Menlo Park school district is on track to adopt an elementary foreig... |
Simon Firth |
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on Dec 20, 2007 at 9:25 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Do you let your children play in your neighborhood?
A recent thread here (Web Link) raised the issue of whether we let our children play outside in our neighborhoods as much ... |
Simon Firth |
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on Oct 31, 2007 at 9:01 am by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Are we the worst generation of parents ever?
That's the argument of a recent article in 'Philadelphia' magazine.
Web Link
Here's the nub:
"How is it that a group of moms ... |
Simon Firth |
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on Oct 10, 2007 at 8:10 pm by concerned parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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FYI - Mandarin Immersion back on the School Board Agenda
For those not totally exhausted by the Mandarin Immersion (MI) debate, you might be interested to know that the Palo Alto Board of Education is having a special session this c... |
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on May 7, 2007 at 7:55 pm by Resident, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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The MI process is now a farce
The MI process is now a farce.
Late on Friday, after the schools were done for the weekend, parents lucky enough to be in the know learned of a major change in the MI prop... |
Simon Firth |
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on Jan 9, 2007 at 12:40 pm by Lorraine, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Possible Compromise on Mandarin Immersion
Here's a letter I just sent to the School Board. What do people think of the idea?
Simon
Dear Board Members:
Possible Compromise on Mandarin Immersion
The upcomin... |
Simon Firth |
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on Dec 31, 2006 at 12:14 pm by JLS Mom, a member of the JLS Middle School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAUSD Immersion Programs--'Choice' or 'luck'
I'm wondering if we need to stop referring to PAUSD programs like SI and MI as ‘choice’ programs. Wouldn't it be better to call them 'luck' programs? For the many, many pare... |
Simon Firth |
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on Nov 30, 2006 at 6:53 am by curious, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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US News Rankings Redux
So I actually got around to reading the article we were all commenting on a while back. Some of the highlights....
- The school ranked #11 overall, (#4 among open enrollme... |
SkepticAl |
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on Jan 26, 2008 at 4:40 pm by palo alto mom, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Unhealthy Obsession
Post after post after post, thread after thread, we whine and moan and speculate, impugn all of our public servants and insult each other... isn't it about time to consider th... |
SkepticAl |
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on Jan 11, 2007 at 11:14 am by SkepticAl, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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Electing a New School Board
After watching the last several school board meetings, its clear that Dana Tom, Many Lowell, and Camille Townsend have no business being on any board. Shame on us for electin... |
Soccer Mom |
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on Jun 2, 2007 at 12:02 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
"Palo Alto" book by James Franco
I recently read the notorius book by James Franco called "Palo Alto". It is a very disturbing picture of the lives of Palo Alto teens, I wonder whether it reflects some of wha... |
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on Mar 10, 2011 at 1:15 pm by Sue, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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