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New rough/final draft test format harms students in the long run
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September 20, 2021 — by Benjamin Li and Nilay Mishra

With in-person learning beginning to resemble what school looked like before the pandemic, it would be expected that testing would revert to normal, closed-book testing. Several math teachers in AP Calculus AB and AP Statistics, however, are now adopting a rough/final draft system for tests in order to ease the transition between remote and in-person […]

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100 Word Rants
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September 17, 2021 — by Vicky Bai, Apurva Chakravarthy, Sarah Zhou and Zachary Zinman

Is a school lunch potato worth $5? $5 — baked potato, the school lunch menu read.  Beneath the aluminum foil, I expected — at the very least — a fluffy, golden potato topped with sour cream, bacon, butter and cheese.  As I removed the foil, my high hopes for potato nirvana were crushed. It was […]

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Staff editorial – Title IX: topic too big for tutorial
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September 17, 2021 — by Andy Chen and Esther Luan

Students may recall a wondrous feeling of freedom upon hearing the bell ring at the end of second period on Friday during the first week of school, signaling the start of tutorial. Most students then remember the sudden drop in their stomach when their second-period teacher proceeded to inform the class that all students had […]

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Controversial testing framework makes changes for the better
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September 10, 2021 — by Michael Fok

In the stressful year of online learning, the novel rough/final draft testing format has revolutionized test-taking. In this system, students take the test during class as a rough draft graded on completion; they then revise their rough draft with an open-book policy to be submitted as a final draft for test credit.  This new form […]

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No right turn on red: Prevent blocked intersections on Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road
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September 9, 2021 — by Shaan Sridhar

Not many of us enjoy being late to school, especially if it happens regularly. But it’s so much worse when you leave 30 minutes before school starts, only to be delayed by flawed traffic laws favoring those from a different part of town. Buckle up for some metaphors and allow me to explain. It’s story […]

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California recall elections are fundamentally flawed
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September 9, 2021 — by Nilay Mishra

California governor recall elections, such as the one Newsom faced on Sept. 14, are simply political maneuvers by a minority of overzealous conservatives in a predominantly blue state. Given the ease of starting a recall in the state, they occur with astonishing frequency. Not only does this repeatedly distract the incumbent governor from running the […]

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New bell schedule lacks consistency and wastes too much time
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September 8, 2021 — by Ethan Lin

This year, the school board elected to change the bell schedule in order to shore up the instructional minutes at both Saratoga and Los Gatos, among other reasons. Although well-intentioned, from a student’s perspective, the new bell schedule limits productivity and instead creates a new set of issues: most notably, inconsistencies across Red and Blue […]

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An asynchronous Wednesday reflection: When we needed them most, they vanished
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June 5, 2021 — by Anjali Pai

The last four weeks of school have been a slog, and that is generous.

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Performance activism can be a cop out without meaningful change
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June 5, 2021 — by Harshini Velchamy and Tiffany Wang

Bringing awareness without providing specific ways to take action leaves issues the same as it was before.

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Staff editorial: Take bold action on academic pressure — drop AP classes and remove the weighted GPA
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May 17, 2021 — by Shaan Sridhar

Students’ mental health will not improve if the district continues to ignore the issue; it’s time to address it.

 

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