National Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Oct 24, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic spared no state or region as it caused historic learning setbacks for America's children, erasing deca…
Columnists The math wars By Sue Lempert Sep 19, 2022 The United States has been ranked 37th of 79 industrialized countries in math achievement among 15-year-olds. Among the states, California is …
Local News Redwood City School District’s North Star campus changes on pause Sierra Lopez Daily Journal staff Updated Jun 23, 2022 A yearslong effort to modify Redwood City School District’s North Star campus in the name of equity has been put on pause after district leade…
Local News Featured March for our Lives demonstration coming to Burlingame Saturday Sierra Lopez Daily Journal staff Jun 10, 2022 Students and their adult supporters will be taking to the streets of Burlingame, Redwood City and Pacifica this Saturday to protest against gu…
State Featured Math scores don’t add up in California By John Fensterwald EdSource Apr 6, 2022 Math scores of California’s average eighth graders on standardized tests in 2021 were in line with the knowledge and skills of fifth graders, …
Local News San Mateo County’s STEM Fair winners announced Daily Journal staff report Mar 19, 2022 From public drinking water to planetary orbits and typography to forest fire retardants, a diverse array of subjects were the focus of student…
Columnists Newspapers in education By Jon Mays Nov 5, 2021 If we mess up the Jumble, I hear about it. Boy do I. If we mess up a headline, I hear about it. People call us all sorts of names, forgetting,…
Local News Featured South City fifth graders see their effort for civil rights hero expanded to official day By Corey Browning Daily Journal staff Updated May 23, 2022 Ruby Bridges, who at 6 years old was the first Black child to enroll at a previously all-white school in New Orleans in 1960, received her own…
National Remote learning still widespread even after Biden hits goal By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer May 6, 2021 President Joe Biden has met his goal of having most elementary and middle schools open for full, in-person learning in his first 100 days in o…
Columnists One size doesn’t fit all in math By John Horgan Apr 21, 2021 The debate has heated up again. That would be the long-standing argument about how best to teach mathematics to young students in our traditio…
