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![Oversight officials want an investigation into whether deal with Schneider Electric was mishandled. Oversight officials want an investigation into whether deal with Schneider Electric was mishandled.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/EBT-L-MDUSDFOLO-0714-1.jpg?w=137)
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No guarantees, no proof: How did East Bay school district’s $50 million energy contract go so wrong?
Oversight officials want an investigation into whether deal with Schneider Electric was mishandled.
![Whatever your obsession – Julia Morgan’s architectural papers? 1906 earthquake recovery efforts? The wit of 19th century wags? – chances are good you’ll find those treasures here. Whatever your obsession – Julia Morgan’s architectural papers? 1906 earthquake recovery efforts? The wit of 19th century wags? – chances are good you’ll find those treasures here.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MAG-L-BANCROFT-0730-16.jpg?w=124)
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At the Bancroft Library in Berkeley, new treasures are still being uncovered
Whatever your obsession – Julia Morgan’s architectural papers? 1906 earthquake recovery efforts? The wit of...
![A larger, nationalized movement aims its frustrations with the SAT not at the the test's availability but toward the notion that it needs to be administered at all. A larger, nationalized movement aims its frustrations with the SAT not at the the test's availability but toward the notion that it needs to be administered at all.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-SATSTRUGGLE-06XX-7.jpg?w=125)
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Widespread unavailability of SAT leaves some wondering: Is it time to say goodbye to standardized tests?
A larger, nationalized movement aims its frustrations with the SAT not at the the test's...
![As elite schools like Stanford, Caltech, Harvard and Yale are reversing their test-optional policies, Bay Area students attempting to take the SAT before college applications are due this winter might have to travel several hours away or even out of state to nab a coveted spot. As elite schools like Stanford, Caltech, Harvard and Yale are reversing their test-optional policies, Bay Area students attempting to take the SAT before college applications are due this winter might have to travel several hours away or even out of state to nab a coveted spot.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-SATSTRUGGLE-06XX-9.jpg?w=132)
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Bay Area students struggle to find SAT slots as schools reverse test-optional policies
As elite schools like Stanford, Caltech, Harvard and Yale are reversing their test-optional policies, Bay...
![The selection covers topics and themes including Palestinian history, nonbinary youth and abortion rights. The selection covers topics and themes including Palestinian history, nonbinary youth and abortion rights.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/HLA-L-SNAPP-COL-0719-1.jpg?w=116)
Snapp Shots: East Bay librarian suggests kids’ summer reading list
The selection covers topics and themes including Palestinian history, nonbinary youth and abortion rights.
![Even when states claim to have “universal” pre-K for 4-year-olds and sometimes 3-year-olds, some of the most comprehensive programs only serve a slice of the kids who are eligible. Even when states claim to have “universal” pre-K for 4-year-olds and sometimes 3-year-olds, some of the most comprehensive programs only serve a slice of the kids who are eligible.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/US-NEWS-EDU-PRE-K-HURDLES-GET.jpg?w=132)
When ‘universal’ pre-K really isn’t: Barriers to participating abound
Even when states claim to have “universal” pre-K for 4-year-olds and sometimes 3-year-olds, some of...
![The decision angered many students and prominent faculty who have fought to limit the industry's role on campus. The decision angered many students and prominent faculty who have fought to limit the industry's role on campus.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-STANDIVEST-0712-1.jpg?w=136)
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Stanford won’t kick oil companies out of school
The decision angered many students and prominent faculty who have fought to limit the industry's...
![We act as if complex problems are only solvable through a technical and scientific mindset, divorced from human impact. We act as if complex problems are only solvable through a technical and scientific mindset, divorced from human impact.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Moon_Landing_96327_64cc47-1-1.jpg?w=117)
Opinion: It’s time to end the two-cultures era between science and humanities
We act as if complex problems are only solvable through a technical and scientific mindset,...
![The scandal came to light after an essay about the inappropriate relationship was published online. The scandal came to light after an essay about the inappropriate relationship was published online.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-VEGAS-1001-5.jpg?w=114)
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Ex-Stanford University dean admits to affair with student
The scandal came to light after an essay about the inappropriate relationship was published online.
![Critics excoriated Tom Jackson's administration’s response to recent pro-Palestinian protests and the occupation of campus buildings, spurring the university’s leaders to close campus under threat of arrest. Critics excoriated Tom Jackson's administration’s response to recent pro-Palestinian protests and the occupation of campus buildings, spurring the university’s leaders to close campus under threat of arrest.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pres082020_0061.jpg?w=132)
Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson Jr. stepping down
Critics excoriated Tom Jackson's administration’s response to recent pro-Palestinian protests and the occupation of campus...