Sharon Noguchi
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San Jose, CA, United States
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This California high school aims to guide all of its first-generation students into professional careers. It’s getting close.
Among Eastside grads who participated in alumni mentoring, 79% were in either professional jobs or graduate school within six months of college graduation. → Read More
San Jose: Alum Rock averts fiscal disaster but must now pay steep price
Even with a new board at the helm, threats to the stability of the Alum Rock School District loom large. → Read More
Preventing #MeToo moments: Changing students’ conversations about sexual assault, harassment
While California requires schools to offer sex and consent education, it doesn’t prescribe how to deliver it, leaving Bay Area educators seeking ways to teach teens and change a culture that … → Read More
Schools chief secures veto over troubled Alum Rock schools
SAN JOSE — Santa Clara County’s top educator scored a key victory in her battle with the Alum Rock Union School board, by winning state approval of the rare veto power she seized last month o… → Read More
Alum Rock chafes as Santa Clara Co. schools chief seizes veto
Veto power is rarely used in the state and typically reserved for school districts at risk of insolvency or collapse. → Read More
Ex-trustees to call on 3 Alum Rock school board members to resign
SAN JOSE — Citing chaos, dysfunction and intimidation, several former trustees have joined the Alum Rock Union District’s teachers union in calling on longtime board members and a key a… → Read More
Enrollment season: Bay Area parents pin hopes on coveted schools’ lotteries
It’s school enrollment season, when thousands of Bay Area parents are hoping to win the lottery, literally. → Read More
Enrollment season: Bay Area parents pin hopes on coveted schools’ lotteries
It’s school enrollment season, when thousands of Bay Area parents are hoping to win the lottery, literally. → Read More
California failing its youngest and poorest children, study says
California is failing to get most of its youngest residents off to a healthy, productive start, according to a report released Thursday, and is particularly falling short in serving kids from low-i… → Read More
California failing its youngest and poorest children, study says
California is failing to get most of its youngest residents off to a healthy, productive start, according to a report released Thursday, and is particularly falling short in serving kids from low-i… → Read More
San Jose school closures: Trustee would swap list at last minute
After months of tedious and emotional labor to recommend four schools for possible closure, the Oak Grove schools community was startled Thursday night to hear an alternate vision. Oak Grove board … → Read More
Gatekeeper for Alum Rock public bond spending sticks to private ways
Critics are amping up pressure on the Alum Rock Union school board majority, but trustee Dolores Marquez shows no sign of giving ground. Marquez, a former 30-year district employee who is in her th… → Read More
Five San Jose students among finalists for ‘Junior Nobel Prizes’
Five San Jose students are among the 40 finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the prestigious national contest sometimes called the Junior Nobel Prizes. The competition previously was s… → Read More
Woodside: Two bandits rob bank, escape with cash
Two armed bandits wearing dark clothing robbed the Chase Bank on Woodside Road in Woodside Saturday morning, escaping with an undisclosed amount of cash, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office repor… → Read More
Nueva School employee arrested for alleged inappropriate contact with child
SAN MATEO — An employee of the private Nueva School in Hillsborough has been arrested on suspicion of inappropriate conduct with a child, San Mateo police said. Ian Thomas Whiteman, 39, of Re… → Read More
Charter schools: Elementary, middle schools headed to San Jose
SACRAMENTO — Two novel charter schools are headed for San Jose this year, after the California Board of Education on Friday overruled two local school boards and approved the schools’ applica… → Read More
School closures: 4 South San Jose campuses named
SAN JOSE — After desperate angling by parents and teachers to spare their schools, an Oak Grove School District committee has confirmed what it hinted previously, recommending that four South… → Read More
California schools: Painful cuts around the corner, despite windfall
Despite an unexpected $3 billion infusion in K-12 revenue for the coming school year, schools throughout the state are honing their electronic blue pencils to slash budgets. → Read More
California schools: Painful cuts around the corner, despite windfall
Despite an unexpected $3 billion infusion in K-12 revenue for the coming school year, schools throughout the state are honing their electronic blue pencils to slash budgets. → Read More
San Jose tennis coach presumed dead in New Zealand skydiving accident
SAN JOSE — From the time he was able to handle a ball — about 2 years old — Tyler Nii demonstrated his aptitude and passion for sports. The sports included basketball, golf, tenni… → Read More