The Main Challenges Silicon Valley Schools Currently Face

Silicon Valley Innovation Channel Ding Ding TV hosted another Civic Leadership Forum in Santa Clara, this time to spread awareness about the upcoming midterm elections.  This panel focused on “The Main Challenges Silicon Valley Schools Currently Face” and was split between student issues and teacher issues.  For students, one of the main issues is redefining success to where academic performance is not the main focus.  With teachers, the shortage of teachers increases the workload for each teacher and decreases the quality of education for that school.  This is tied to the issue of housing in the Bay Area being expensive to the point where teachers are less inclined to want to live and work in the Bay Area.

Moderator：
Mahesh Pakala, Silicon Valley Indian Community Leader, Partner Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services

Speaker：
Hung Wei, Board Member of Fremont Union HS District
Bill Wilson, Fremont Union High School District Board
Chris Norwood, Board Member of Milpitas High School
Balaji Venkatraman, Trustee for Evergreen School District
Patrick Ahrens, Education Policy Advisor and Senior Representative for California Assembly Director
Raymond Mueller, Chair of the Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee for the Alum Rock District