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Girls sits at desk next to voting sign
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Koret Foundation aims to bolster civics education in California with $3M grant

by J. Staff April 19, 2022April 20, 2022

The San Francisco–based Koret Foundation has announced grants totaling $3.25 million to support civics education for California students. “Civics used to be taught, explicitly as civics, in schools,” said Lauren […]

A classroom at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto in 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Sanchez)
Posted inEducation

Schools scramble as Covid wreaks havoc on reopening plans

by Gabriel Greschler July 22, 2020July 27, 2020
More than 1,000 mourners gathered at a Parkland, Florida synagogue on Feb. 16, 2018 for the funeral of Meadow Pollack, 18, one of the 17 students and staff killed in a school shooting this week. (Photo/JTA-WSVNTV)
Posted inOpinion

Helping ‘outcast’ kids not become shooters is our imperative

Abby Porth by Abby Porth February 19, 2018February 19, 2018
Alameda student Natasha Waldorf, seen here with parents Mel Waldorf and Jessica Lindsey at her bat mitzvah (Photo/Courtesy Mel Waldorf)
Posted inNews

School year dawns with no resolution for Alameda girl targeted with anti-Semitism [UPDATED]

by Sue Fishkoff August 18, 2017August 23, 2017

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