Teens in San Jose said the line between truth and lies is becoming harder to define on social media and distinguishing the difference would be welcome. One state legislator wants to make that happen. Assemblymember Marc Berman authored a bill that will require schools to incorporate media literacy into K-12 classes in every subject. AB 873, which...
San Jose State students to see tuition increase in fall
San Jose State University students can expect to see a tuition hike next fall as state colleges use the increase to make up for a shortfall in operating costs. Officials in the California State University system recently reported college revenues account for only 86% of operational costs, leaving a gap of $1.5 billion for the...
Silicon Valley community colleges get new leadership
Foothill De Anza-Community College District has selected a new chancellor after a monthslong nationwide search. The school board announced its pick on Tuesday: Lee Lambert, a community college chancellor based in Arizona. Lambert starts this August, replacing chancellor Judy C. Miner who’s retiring. District stakeholders said they hope the new leader addresses the needs of both...
San Jose parents demand transparency after school gun threats
San Jose Unified School District parents are terrified after the arrest of several students who brought guns to school and made threats on social media to shoot classmates. At a Wednesday safety meeting at Herbert Hoover Middle School that went late into the night, distraught parents gathered to demand immediate action and transparency from the...
San Jose youth art gallery needs new home
After years without a space of its own, a youth art studio finally found a gallery location. But at the end of May everything has to come down. And for now, there’s nowhere to go. Julie Stover founded the nonprofit ArtHouse Studio, originally known as ArtHouse Kids, more than 20 years ago as a way...
‘Did a gun go off?’: San Jose school district parents want answers
Livid parents want answers why students with loaded guns are showing up on the campuses of Willow Glen High and Hoover Middle schools in the San Jose Unified School District. Last Wednesday, two school resource officers arrested a Willow Glen High School student who walked onto campus armed with a loaded ghost gun and knife. The...
Santa Clara County schools score millions for mental health support
The Santa Clara County Office of Education is set to receive nearly $1 million in federal funding to help train and hire more mental health professionals across high-need schools. The influx of cash, which comes from a national grant program through the U.S. Department of Education, marks the second time the office has received grant money this...
UPDATE: Silicon Valley special ed teachers demand safer classrooms
Santa Clara County special educators are continuing to push for safer classrooms amid serious injuries. Dozens of special education teachers gathered in front of the Santa Clara County Office of Education Wednesday afternoon to protest before a board meeting. They chanted, “What do we want? Safe schools!” and held signs that said, “Stand up for...
San Jose leads nation in hiring new college grads
San Jose ranked No. 1 on a national list for hiring the most new college graduates. But students shouldn’t toss their caps in the air just yet. The San Jose metro area, which includes the cities of San Jose, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara, hired the highest number of new graduates last year, outpacing other major U.S. metro areas,...
‘Beyond exhausting’: Tired San Jose teachers push for a different model
Teachers and parents of John Muir Middle School want their school to provide wrap-around services for students in the hopes of addressing rising discipline issues, teacher burnout and lack of communication with parents. San Jose Unified School District educators and parents are pushing for the campus to convert to a community school model, which builds...