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Greetings! How can I protect my child from school shootings? As so many parents, educators, and caring adults are struggling with this heartbreaking question, Kidpower led a special free online [...]

In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat Lucy Calkins, a leading literacy expert, has rewritten her curriculum to include a fuller embrace of phonics and the [...]

Mayor Adams Unveils Program to Address Dyslexia in N.Y.C. Schools The mayor, who has dyslexia himself, would open two new schools, train teachers and direct schools to use phonics-based lessons [...]

Ask Nicole: Tips for Dads Adjusting After COVID By Nicole M. Young, MSW My oldest child recently graduated from college. I’m grateful he experienced his graduation ceremony in person, but it was [...]

by Irene van der Sande, Executive Director and Founder of KidPower In October 1999, a few months after the tragic school shooting at Columbine High School, a six-year-old asked me during our [...]

How to watch the total lunar eclipse on May 15 by Joe Hernandez for NPR, slightly edited by SCP to account for pacific timing “Step outside Sunday night and you’ll be able to catch a [...]

Ramayana! Returns Save the date: four performances June 9-12 The “Ramayana!” is an annual event in which the entire student body takes part. This magical theatrical production of drama, dance and [...]

Ask Nicole: Moms: Your Mental Health Matters! By Nicole M. Young, MSW May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it’s also the time of year when we celebrate our mothers, grandmas, aunties, and [...]

by Kerry McDonald Last weekend, I spoke at the Students for Liberty (SFL) Northeast Regional Conference here in Boston. SFL is a loosely-organized network of campus groups that focuses on the [...]

Earn an Accredited High School Diploma at Santa Cruz Public Libraries Earn Your High School Diploma Career Online High School Program Available for Free to Santa Cruz County Residents Santa Cruz [...]