California voters will decide the fate of Proposition 50, also known as the “Election Rigging Response Act,” on Nov. 4. Supporters of the ballot measure included Gov. Gavin Newsom and former president...

After working various non-classroom jobs in the Palo Alto Unified School District, Peter Colombo has been assigned to teach physical education at Fletcher Middle School for the 2025-2026 school year.  In...

Palo Alto Unified School District Board administrators publicly introduced the concept of an Advanced Diploma program to the Board of Education at its Aug. 10 meeting, scheduling its implementation for...

The Primary School, a tuition-free private school located in East Palo Alto, will close its doors at the end of the 2025-26 school year. The school was founded in 2016 by pediatrician, educator and philanthropist...

The Trump administration sent a letter to Harvard on April 11 outlining a list of demands in exchange for the continuation of federal funding for the university. These demands included reforms to governance...

Of the flurry of executive orders signed on inauguration day by President Donald Trump, most have been challenged and stalled in court. Trump has fully wielded — if not overstepped — the power of...

Since his inauguration in January, President Donald Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on a range of imports: 25% tariffs on all aluminum and steel imports effective March 12, followed by tariffs on finished...

In a 3-2 vote at its Jan. 23 meeting, the Palo Alto Board of Education approved California Ethnic Studies as a graduation requirement for the class of 2029. The Campanile thinks the board made the wrong...

After a heated, five-hour school board meeting where a required freshman ethnic studies course was approved by a narrow 3-2 margin, newly elected board of education member Rowena Chiu, on Jan. 27, reposted...