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Latest reporting from the Education desk.
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Latest reporting from the Education desk.
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View MoreNewsom signs 13 child safety laws affecting Palo Alto students
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 13 child safety bills on Sept. 10, banning addictive social media features for users under 16 and requiring AI chatbot safeguards, with direct implications for PAUSD students and the tech-industry families who build these platforms.
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View MoreBecker's climate literacy seal bill heads to Newsom's desk
SB 1048, authored by Sen. Josh Becker of Menlo Park, creates a voluntary high school seal recognizing climate knowledge and now awaits Gov. Newsom's signature by Sept. 30. PAUSD could opt in but has not taken a position.
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View MoreStanford study: dreaming under anesthesia shows promise for PTSD
Stanford Medicine researchers validated a five-step protocol that induced dreaming in 69% of 452 surgical patients under propofol anesthesia, with 86% reporting positive experiences, and are now testing the approach as a PTSD treatment.
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View MoreStanford study backs social media warnings ahead of 2027 law
A Stanford Medicine study of 1,012 young people found that pop-up health warnings about depression and anxiety on social media could reduce teen usage, research published less than four months before California's warning-label law takes effect Jan. 1, 2027.
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View MorePAUSD lets high schoolers keep phones between classes
Palo Alto Unified permits Paly and Gunn students to use phones between classes while most Bay Area districts require phones locked away all day, a deliberate policy choice the board will not revisit until 2028.
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View MorePalo Alto parents push for classroom screen limits
A local chapter of Schools Beyond Screens presented a petition at the PAUSD board meeting calling for no screens through first grade and daily device caps, as parents organize ahead of the Nov. 3 school board election.
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View MoreGunn students store phones under new state law
Gunn High School students began storing smartphones and smartwatches in classroom holders on the first day of school Friday, implementing California's Phone-Free School Act under new interim principal Erik Olah.
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View MoreStanford molecule wipes out lymphoma tumors in mice
Stanford Medicine researchers developed TCIP3, a molecule that reprograms a lymphoma-driving protein into a cancer-cell kill switch, eliminating aggressive tumors in mice within 11 days of treatment.
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View MorePalo Alto teachers can request a free judge visit
Santa Clara County Superior Court judges will visit K-12 classrooms across the county starting Sept. 1 for Constitution Month, and Palo Alto teachers can sign up for free visits at powerofdemocracy.org.
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View MorePAUSD rolls out suicide prevention training for students and staff
PAUSD will train all middle and high school students in suicide prevention and mental health first aid this year, deploying two evidence-based programs with support from community partner Momentum for Health.
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View MoreFour vie for two seats on Palo Alto school board
Avery Wang, John Craig, Linda Henigin and Howie Xu will compete for two open PAUSD board seats after the filing deadline closes Wednesday, with the winners inheriting a district facing a parcel tax expiration and shrinking reserves.
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View MoreStanford names Harvard's Brown-Nagin new education dean
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a Harvard dean and civil rights scholar focused on educational equity, will lead the Stanford Graduate School of Education starting Nov. 1, arriving as PAUSD navigates a failed parcel tax, declining enrollment and a leadership transition of its own.
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