February 21, 2021
Ravenswood Middle School Stuck in Virtual Learning, Exacerbates Systemic Racism at M-A
Amidst the scramble to get middle school students off zoom and back in classrooms, the already existing divisions of opportunity across racial and socioeconomic lines…
January 23, 2021
District Superintendents Discuss the History of Educational Inequality in the South Peninsula
This Monday, MPCSD Superintendent Erik Burmeister, Ravenswood Superintendent Gina Sudaria, and M-A’s principal Simone Rick-Kennel met as part of a speaker series trilogy to discuss…
May 7, 2018
Math at M-A: Something Just Doesn’t Add Up
Editors' Note: This story is part two of the ongoing series, A School Divided. When do you think you chose the math class you're in? You're…
March 10, 2017
Paige Richards Reflects on Teaching at Willow Oaks School
I strolled into the cafe to see Paige Richards already at a table in the corner, eagerly reading Academic Conversations, a book on encouraging productive…
March 9, 2017
Inequality Affects Local School Districts
It’s no secret that there are huge differences between our two local elementary school districts, Menlo Park City School District (MPCSD), and Ravenswood City School…
March 9, 2017
30 Million Word Gap: Why Some Kids Are Left Behind
Early in the 1990's, researchers at Rice University found shocking statistics about how socio-economic status prepares a toddler for school. Children from lower-income families heard…
March 9, 2017
Meet the Team: Making Music from Ravenswood to M-A
According to Google Maps, the K-8 school is a six-minute drive and just 1.6 miles from M-A. At its entrance, a wooden white board proudly…