The City of San Leandro is offering a limited number of 3rd and 4th grade field trips to the San Leandro History Museum and Art Gallery for the upcoming school year.
San Leandro Unified School District's results fell below both the county and state averages.
Five things principals, educators, PTA members, and parents in San Leandro need to know.
Academic Intervention Program, funded by the Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation, provided math and reading help for students at a dozen school sites last school year. Club is seeking more funds to continue the program this year
Should grades be used to control behavior?
A nationwide initiative designed to make bicycling and walking to school a safer, more appealing, and healthier alternative for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Julian Parrish, soon to start his senior year, was among the winners of a Bank of America leadership contest.
San Leandro High English teacher says opening students' minds to the world beyond their iPods is a better investment than knowing when to say who versus whom.
This picture gallery shows what happened when a group of San Leandro parents raised $7,000 to give 48 kids more than the standard classroom fare.
Poll: Common Core State Standards under Obama, like No Child Left Behind under Bush, imposes federal performance standards on local schools. Do you agree or disagree?
Poll: Like Bush's No Child Left Behind, new Common Core State Standards will impact public schools in San Leandro and elsewhere. What do you think of national standards and tests?
Class of 1977 will hold its 35th reunion on August 4 and is inviting other classes from that decade to join in the fun.
Our Patch columnist, who favors teacher autonomy, says the system doesn't provide true supervision -- even if that's what lawmakers and parents want.
Agreeing in advance to which classes will be surveyed dilute any chance of making teachers more effective. So why not use a different and more random process?
Rachel Yu has written several children's books that she sells on the Internet to make money for college.
Lenny Williams Golf Classic will be played at San Leandro's Monarch Bay Golf Club Tony Lema Course
Families are encouraged to sign-up their children at their public school home site
San Leandro High School grads enter the world, diplomas in hand.
Share photos from your big day here on San Leandro Patch.
Our edu-columnist asks whether we make it too easy to get the degree and thus make it less valuable?
Classes offered for high school, special education and pre-kindergarten students in San Leandro -- if you act today.
What do we do about the fact that 42.7 percent of our 5th, 7th and 9th graders are overweight or obese. What should families do? What should government do?
Share pictures and memories of your experiences at this East Bay favorite. Here are some examples to get things started.
Bringing pencils, pens and other classroom supplies is a small but important investment in the effort needed to get an education, says our San Leandro Patch educolumnist.
We put students on "tracks" for math, science and English. Consider the benefits of doing the same for physical education.
A class on Shakespeare prompts a San Leandro English teacher's tirade about the need to hold troublemakers accountable.
Check out some gift ideas for a high school graduate.
For the second straight year the San Leandro High School Academy for Multimedia has won an award for its Fast for Nonviolence project.
Authorities have revised their assessment of what caused the gas odor that caused an evacuation at two San Leandro schools.
Helps students learn about career opportunities.
Erin Carson uses technology, interactive exercises to reach fifth-graders. Same approach used, with less technology, by San Leandro Unified teacher Heather DiMaggio.
Though he tries, and he tries, Patch columnist says "I never know if I’m doing a good job. I never know if I’m making a difference."
Public school teacher and Patch columnist asks the Goldilocks question: is it too much, too little or just right?
San Leandro High School sophomore Carolina Navarro-Gutierrez recently got a gold medal for her novella, "A String of Happy Memories"
Local institution undistinguished in a U.S. News & World Report ranking of schools.
Even if the undermine the good order of the classroom who has the wisdom to exclude them or to know when they might turn around?
Competition gives student entrepreneurs from San Leandro High a chance to present business plans.
Earth Day activity sparks discussions and projects in the classroom
The Cargo is honored for community service from the American Scholastic Press Association.
Come 'buy' and support the kids at Washington Elementary School.