Editorial

When Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) Superintendent Kevin Skelly took the helm of one of the nation’s most prolific and successful public education systems seven years ago, he surely could not have kn...

Starting Feb. 5, students have been purchasing the Advanced Placement (AP) tests they are planning to take in May later this year. Until Wednesday, March 5, most AP tests cost $115 per test, $5 more than last y...

By the time students enter their senior year, it seems every one of us at Palo Alto High School has sat through numerous database and research lectures given by librarian Rachel Kellerman. These talks, while so...

A practical application of education is a lot more effective in comparison to direct instruction. Despite copious amount of notes and endless hours of studying, nothing quite compares to actually experiencing a...

Two of the inquiries that a teacher most often encounters isn’t class-related or intellectual, rather two that procure a simple “yes” or “no” in response: “May I go to the bathroom?” and “Can I eat a snack?” In...

With a growing student body at Palo Alto High School and increased enrollment in classes, teachers now have to grade more tests than ever, yet students and parents still expect these tests to be graded in a tim...