Santa Clara County Education Digest

Information about how to view the video of the October 5 Milpitas School Board Candidate Forum.

An introduction to Grace Mah, Area 1 incumbent running for reelection to the Santa Clara County Board of Education in the November election.

An introduction to Jessica Speiser who is running for the Area 1 seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Education in the November election.

A Q7A with the eight candidates running for three seats on the Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees.

A look at the campaign finance disclosures from the candidates running for open seats on the Palo Alto Board of Education in the November election.

An explainer of the Mountain View Whisman School District parcel tax Measure AA on the November ballot.

Meet the five candidates running for three open seats on the Palo Alto Board of Education in the November election.

California’s private nonprofit colleges will no longer be able grant students an admissions advantage if their parents donated to or went to the same college after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law this morning banning the practice.

An estimated 1 in 5 schools has no air conditioning and another 10% need repair. Underfunded schools struggle to keep classrooms cool as heat waves intensify. “It’s a hot mess,” one teacher says.

The Mercury News guide to the Proposition 2 $10 billion bond to build and repair public schools.

Community colleges are designed to help students get an associate degree and transfer to a four-year university. Most community college students never graduate or transfer, a state audit found.

Cal State officials are projecting a 2025-26 budget hole of about $400 million to $800 million. They are warning of layoffs and academic cuts.

Two candidates are running to represent the Palo Alto-Stanford area on the Foothill-De Anza College Board of Trustees in November.

After delays and mishaps, California announces $450 million for high school career pathways.

The UC Regents approved campus requests for more tools for UC police months after campus protesters clashed with law enforcement.

Failed legislative bills have attempted to create safe parking programs for students to sleep in their cars on California campuses while awaiting housing. Meanwhile, Long Beach City College allows homeless students to park overnight.

Introduction to new Altos School District Board of Trustees Stella Kam and Jim Malone.

In their September 9 meeting, the Mountain View Los Altos High School District board of trustees voted to switch to district-based elections beginning with the 2026 election.

The City of Milpitas is the recipient of a $2.9 million grant from the US Department of Transportation program to increase pedestrian and bike safety along school routes.

The project to develop housing for Mountain View teachers and other school staff is complete and almost ready to open to new residents.

California’s public schools have a numbers problem —and it’s not just that their students don’t score very highly in national tests of mathematics ability.

Lawmakers approved two bills to allow some community colleges to provide bachelor’s degrees in nursing. That’s setting up another conflict with the California State University, which already offers these bachelor’s degrees.

The California School Dashboard makes it hard for the public to see how schools and districts are performing over multiple years, concludes the report's lead author.

Information about how the state’s K-12 students are performing is located on several sites and is difficult to understand, a new report finds.

The Los Altos Town Crier presents profiles of the three candidates running for two seats on the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District Board in November.

A profile by the Los Altos Town Crier of the six candidates running for two open seats on the Cupertino Union School District Board in November.

A look at some of the over 1,000 homeless students are enrolled in Santa Clara County public schools.

A look at the five local candidates running for seats on the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education.

In the final week of session, legislators are debating whether to give more leeway to public school teachers when to report students to law enforcement. Supporters say disabled and students of color are unfairly disciplined, but opponents say school safety is at risk.

West Valley College announced the launching of its Senior Guided Pathways program of free classes for seniors.

California officials have warned students for years that for-profit schools may make misleading career claims — leaving them with “a mountain of debt” but no job. Still, many for-profit schools remain on the state’s list of recommended job training programs.

Improved video quality and expanded programming are coming soon to Saratoga’s community access TV station channels KSAR15 and. KEDU26.