The Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education showed support for offering an advanced math course beyond BC Calculus to students at Tuesday’s Board meeting.  In the spring of 2023, PAUSD...

As sleep-deprived students slowly file into the brightly lit classroom, the latest album of the week — handpicked by math teacher Alexander Dade from his giant vinyl collection — blasts from the speaker,...

The 2023 California Revised Math Framework, passed in July by the State Board of Education, introduced several changes to mathematics education in schools throughout the state.  The framework includes...

After winning the first round of the Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard tournament on Oct. 7, Paly math teacher Daniel Nguyen was finally knocked out by Lucy Ricketts, a book designer and freelance illustrator,...

Recent changes to official district grade point average calculations and the controversy surrounding the PAUSD math lawsuit took center stage at the March 28 Board of Education meeting. Among the issues...

Judge rules district violated Education Codes, issues writ of mandate ASanta Clara Superior Court judge has sided with the plaintiffs in a case against the Palo Alto Unified School District and its method...

To align with an updated state curriculum and in response to student feedback, Paly will have a variety of new courses to choose from for next year including ones in mathematics, language arts and performing...

Radu Toma, a former Paly math teacher who retired at the end of the 2020-2021 school year, died on Feb. 13 at the age of 60. Toma grew up in Romania in a family of teachers. His father was a political...

The voices of Bay Area rock band Journey echo throughout Oracle Park as lead singer Steve Perry sings “Lights” during the eighth inning stretch. Among the singing crowd is math teacher Scott Friedland,...

The unofficial annual Egg War caused thousands of dollars of damages to the community on Oct. 13. A long-standing yearly tradition where Paly seniors and juniors throw eggs at each other in predetermined...

The arraignment of 74-year-old math tutor Mark Allan Hodes is scheduled for Dec. 23. The Palo Alto Police Department arrested Hodes in August and charged him sexually molesting teenagers at his residence...