In which we look back on all the strange, infuriating and preposterous things that went down in 2018 and say, “Sayonara!”
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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Names New Vice President of Donor Services
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Silicon Valley Community Foundation Hires 2nd Law Firm to Investigate ‘Toxic’ Workplace
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Silicon Valley Honors Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with Day of Service, Celebration
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Photo Gallery: State of the City Sets Goals, Honors Fallen Officer
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Still Too Many School Districts in Santa Clara County
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County’s Bold Steps on Education Follow FDR’s Lead Despite Lawsuits
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I participated in last week’s 2014 State of the Valley conference at the Santa Clara Convention Center. One speaker referred to FDR’s concept of “bold, persistent experimentation.” It made me consider how we’ve been addressing our county’s education system, and a recent lawsuit that filed against the county Board of Education.
Read More 0Silicon Valley Must Lead the Nation in Improving Public Education
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How many more years will the country and Silicon Valley put up with broken promises made to our children, before it is too late for us to recover from the lack of political will? This year we commemorate the 30-year anniversary of a national report that provided a clarion call to improve our public education system.
Read More 0Turf Wars Overshadow Education Priorities
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With its vastly superior public education system, will Boston surpass Silicon Valley as the global leader of technological innovation? It’s a distinct possibility unless we get our act together. Boston is poised to win, considering the current fights focus on turf instead of better educational results for our children.
Read More 1The Leaders, Innovators of Local Education
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Much like the early partnership of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, which transformed the manner in which we use technology, three pairs of individuals are at the forefront of improving education for Silicon Valley’s students. These innovators and provocateurs work to challenge the status quo, and their goal is equitable, high quality education opportunities for all children.
Read More 0Making Politics Work for Public Education
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Bay Area Math Report Deserves Local School Districts’ Consideration
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A new study from the Brookings Institution places the metro area of San Jose, Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara as No. 1 in patent filings per capita in America. Certainly, the distinction is reflected in the fabric of our economy and the high price of housing. It would follow somewhat logically that this honor must also demonstrate the effectiveness and innovation in our public schools, especially in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education. Unfortunately, this is not the case in most schools, districts and classrooms in Silicon Valley.
Read More 5County Can’t Miss on New Superintendent
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The Santa Clara County Board of Education is nearing completion of its most important statutory responsibility: the hiring of a new county superintendent of schools. The new county superintendent must be willing to encourage the utmost in school district transparency relative to the dollars expended, the test results, the grades, etc. Without transparency, public education can continue to obfuscate rather than improve.
Read More 4Future of Public Education in Serious Doubt
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Bad News in Silicon Valley Index
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Last Friday a thousand notables from high tech companies, public utilities, hospitals, local governments and NGO’s filled 96 tables at the McEnery Convention Center to hear about the State of the Valley according to the 2010 Silicon Valley Index, released by Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. “The Index has a lot of bad news this year,” said Russell Hancock, Joint Venture’s president.
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