A Scotts Valley nonprofit is set to tackle a $1 million Title IX investigation across Santa Clara County’s hundreds of K-12 and post-secondary schools, despite having neither college-level experience nor legal staff for the task. Education, Training and Research Associates is the intended awardee of a contract to assess and codify how educators countywide comply with state and federal laws on sex- and gender-based harassment and abuse, according to documents obtained by San Jose Inside. The decision will be final on June 10, if none of the other four bidding agencies protest the selection.

The New York Times asked three experts from different disciplines to respond to readers’ questions about wearing masks now.

California is one of four states, including Oregon, Minnesota and Tennessee, along with Washington, D.C., that have proposed new laws.

As the valley’s tech companies have driven the U.S. economy since the Great Recession, the region remains one of the most unequal.

Geschke was an Adobe founder who helped develop fundamental ways of creating, sharing and printing digital documents.

Many courses will continue online, but an in-person option will be available for courses and programs that include hands-on elements.

When schools switched to distance learning, the gap between those who did and did not have Internet access became very clear.

Perhaps more than any other part of the country, California stands to benefit from the $2.2 trillion proposal by Joe Biden.

A dozen epidemiology, public health and equity experts weigh in on the state's vaccine rollout as more people become eligible for the jab.

Workers in education, childcare, emergency services, and the food and agriculture industries will be eligible later this month.

Chris Funk, superintendent of San Jose’s East Side Union High School District, hopes his absence will help solve the district's budget impasse.

During the presidential primary debates and town halls for both parties, no candidate in either camp was asked important questions about education.

Five years after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the FAIR Education Act, California’s public schools are now rolling LGBTQ history into the coursework.

I opened Microsoft Word and opened a new blank document to write my final weekly column for San Jose Inside. I am doing so with a heavy heart.

As I write my penultimate column, I reflect on the most critical issues confronting our region’s future progress and economic vitality. There is little doubt that the quality of public education is number one.

At a certain point one has to wonder if this has been Superintendent Jon Gundry’s plan all along: change disclosure policies on consulting contracts; discreetly hand out a bunch of big-dollar deals; fire the internal watchdogs; and rule through fear and intimidation so any other objectors resign.