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Chinese Dragon Kite at Mission College Welcomes the Lunar New Year
February 27, 2013
It’s not every day that a giant dragon greets visitors to Mission College’s Main Building when they step into the...
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Gary Gillmor Donates $250,000 to Name The Newest Building on the Mission College Campus
January 30, 2013
It is not hard to understand why Gary Gillmor chose to donate $250,000 to name Mission College’s newest building, when...
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School Report Cards Show SCUSD Slightly Ahead of State Averages
January 23, 2013
Last week the Santa Clara Unified School Board accepted “school annual report cards” (SARC) – a state-required exhaustive annual report...
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Wilcox Teens Tackle Tough Topics at Junior State of America Conferences
January 23, 2013
Resolved: Boxers are superior to briefs. Resolved: Nice guys finish last. Resolved: The United States should openly condemn China’s human...
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Back to Basics on Local School Board Governance
January 16, 2013
What’s the job of a local school board? What’s the proper role for individual board members? The recent series of...
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Education Desk:
January 16, 2013
SCUSD Budget Taking a Turn for the Better A look at Santa Clara Unified School District’s (SCUSD) $130 million budget...
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Education Desk: Project Labor Agreements for Measure C Construction? West Valley-Mission Board Hears Arguments
January 9, 2013
On Tuesday, December 11, West Valley-Mission Community College District (WVMCCCD) Board of Trustees held a public hearing on the pros...
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Education Desk: Dec. 26, 2012
December 26, 2012
“His explanations explanatory of explanations explained was interminable,” Abraham Lincoln once said of his political rival Stephen Douglas. He could...
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Marathon Meeting Launches Cultural Revolution at SCUSD Board
December 19, 2012
Last week’s 7-hour standing-room-only Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) board meeting brought to mind many clichés, foremost among them,...