AltWeeklies Wire
Cheese Balls, Aliens, Angry Birds—and Logical Sequencingnew
In Barron Park's 'Scratch Club,' kids learn early programming concepts.
Palo Alto Weekly |
Chris Kenrick |
10-16-2012 |
Education
Tags: Angry Birds, elementary
In Search of High-Quality Preschool for Allnew
Armed with her experience and a belief in the transformative power of high-quality preschool, educator Carol Thomsen seeks a venue to launch a mixed-income preschool like no other.
Palo Alto Weekly |
Chris Kenrick |
09-18-2012 |
Education
At Development Center, Palo Alto Quietly Untangles Its Bureaucracynew
Palo Alto's bustling permit center has for decades enjoyed a level of popularity somewhere between a dentist's chair and a Department of Motor Vehicles branch.
Palo Alto Weekly |
Gennady Sheyner |
08-27-2012 |
Policy Issues
Steve Jobs Dies at 56new
Apple co-founder battled pancreatic cancer.
Palo Alto Weekly |
Chris Kenrick |
10-06-2011 |
Tech
Jumpstarting the Emerging Global Classroomnew
Can a hedge-fund guy find fame, fortune and fulfillment as a social entrepreneur? Meet Sal Khan of Mountain View, an MIT-trained former hedge-fund analyst who is fast becoming — somewhat accidentally, as he tells it — math teacher to the world.
Palo Alto Weekly |
Chris Kenrick |
07-15-2011 |
Education
Hitting the restart buttonnew
Downtown Library re-opening re-energizes Palo Alto's branch system
Palo Alto Weekly |
Jocelyn Dong |
07-08-2011 |
Education
Getting the Word Outnew
Authors take the initiative and choose to publish themselves
Palo Alto Weekly |
Carol Blitzer and Karla Kane |
08-09-2010 |
Books
Tags: Self Publishing
