Keeping up with the news
February 6, 2019
Like. Share. Retweet. Hashtag. Our generation is consumed by social media and technology, constantly updated on the newest memes and hottest clothing trends. Despite the accessibility and convenience technology brings to our life, we sometimes forget to keep track of more important matters – namely,...
On the money
Shuvi Jha, Swara Tewari, Roshan Fernandez, Herman Saini, Iman Malik, and Charlotte Chui
September 24, 2018
Sex ed: the impact of sexual education
May 23, 2018
“Siri, do you know what sex is?” Siri Konanoor looks up from beneath a heap of blankets at her older sister, surprised. Sex. She’s definitely heard that word before. She fidgets, racking her brain for an answer. “Why are you asking me this at 12 at night?” Her sister sighs and eases...
Pros and cons: Using educational sites that are not endorsed by teachers
March 10, 2018
Infographics by Karen Ma....
Testing our boundaries: discussing the purpose of CAASPP testing
March 9, 2018
n March 5 and March 6, MVHS juniors took the state-mandated California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) in which they were tested for proficiency in English Language Arts and Mathematics. For some students, this was cause for frustration, for anger — which is why they de...
When Fact Becomes Fiction: reflecting on media literacy education
January 31, 2018
ccording to the statistics portal Statista, 69 percent of Americans have read or began to read a news article that they later realized was not factually correct. Coined as “fake news,” which refers to any story that contains factually incorrect information and serves to mislead a person, enti...
Nothing higher than truth: individuals reflect on the misportrayal of Hinduism
December 11, 2017
n Nov. 9, 2017, the California Department of Education unanimously agreed to reject two textbooks that inaccurately portrayed Hinduism and ancient India. This decade-long civil rights engagement was led by the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) and other like minded groups, who felt that there was ...
Changing education: the potential impacts of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education
January 14, 2017
For 18 years, Brian Wilson taught in the same classroom of the same school in Michigan. Then, three years ago, 30 teachers in his district were laid off, four in his building alone. Policies had been gradually shifting, adding mandated paperwork onto teachers’ already busy schedules. Conversations bet...
How the tide hasn’t turned: Residents express Cupertino’s consistency
December 7, 2016
rom pearl milk tea and falafels to Apple computers and iPhones, Cupertino is defined by its cultural, technological and educational advancements. In some aspects, the city has changed drastically over the years but there are also some aspects in which it hasn’t. Explore what Cupertino residents think abo...
No room: Housing crisis negatively affects educational quality
May 18, 2016
n most days of any given year, we see the same people— our teachers. We've spent hundreds of hours with them. We've learned from them. We've grown because of them. They have shaped our career choices and life decisions. And for that, we owe them a lot. A generic drawing of a community will have ...
Tim Cook’s remarks about cheap computers being “test machines” raise questions at MVHS
December 17, 2015
Tim Cook is apparently not thrilled with the way the education technology sphere is currently moving. In an interview with Buzzfeed News, he called the low-end laptops that have been gaining a steady amount of use in classrooms “test machines” and implied that the only reason that they are succes...
Breaking it Down: Education inequality within Silicon Valley
September 23, 2015
MVHS is lucky to be a school with great students and great resources; however this is not always the case. Just within our neighboring cities, we see schools with proficiency rates as low as 25 percent, and low funding for improving education, which eventually creates a detrimental impact on those s...
