College of Adaptive Arts aims to pave a new and successful path for adults with disabilities. The San Jose-based nonprofit provides an “equitable, lifelong collegiate experience to adults with special needs who historically have not had access to college education.”
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State Sen. Dave Cortese wants more funding to go to underserved schools by leveling the playing field between wealthy and under-resourced districts, and is proposing a way to make that happen.
For decades school funding has been based on two …
Santa Clara County teachers and local leaders are warning of chaos after mass layoffs have decimated a critical preschool program for families living in poverty, known as Head Start.
Head Start staff received pink slips around March 15 amid uncertainty …
An East San Jose collective has stepped in to save the Mexican American Community Services Agency youth center from demolition.The effort to repurpose the building is lead by the School of Arts and Culture and SOMOS Mayfair, representing the Si …
Hundreds of students in one community college district may not have to worry about housing insecurity as it builds out affordable off-campus apartments — a first of its kind project in Santa Clara County.
The Foothill-De Anza Community College District …
As of today, the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District has a new trustee.
Special educators serving Silicon Valley’s disabled and most vulnerable children are about to be laid off.
Charles Hinman, interim superintendent of the Santa Clara County Office of Education, sent a Feb. 25 letter to staff, obtained by San José Spotlight, …
Another San Jose school district is closing schools due to declining enrollment and a multimillion-dollar budget deficit.
After intense debate and a two-week postponement, the Franklin-McKinley School District board of trustees voted 3-2 Tuesday to close three elementary schools. Board …
After years of delays and planning, Campbell is about to complete construction on its new library — and one nonprofit is counting on locals to step up and fill in the gaps.
Friends of the Campbell Library aims to raise …
U.S. Head Start auditors told local education officials that they had discovered a pattern of previous administrators scoffing at grant rules and rejecting calls for oversight.
A teachers union is joining parents in demanding San Jose's largest school district makes schools safer.
Following increased incidents of weapons on campus and social media threats post-pandemic, the San Jose Teachers Association is calling on the San Jose Unified …