Los Angeles, San Francisco and Palo Alto Unified school districts are showing how to improve early literacy, and the state should follow their example.
With two children starting school in Palo Alto Unified, Nicole Chiu-Wang decided to run for school board to bring her perspective as a woman with young kids, as well as to push for reforms to address systemic inequities in education.
Data from this past spring s standardized tests reveal that Palo Alto public schools are making substantial progress towards their early literacy goals, despite the impacts that the pandemic has had on education.
Weighing in on topics ranging from homework policies to student achievement, the four candidates for the Palo Alto Unified Board of Education shared their opinions at an at-times heated forum on Sept. 20.