Dear Mirada editors, Re: "Rio Grad Chris Rufo Wields Power in Washington" I read with interest the recent article about Rio alum Chris Rufo (’02) and his rising influence over conservative thinking...

The hum of music floats in the air of a music classroom. It fills the silence and creates a magical atmosphere, igniting students' creativity and curiosity. In recent years, educators have recognized...

Planning for the construction of a lighted stadium at Rio Americano has been ongoing for years. Every semester we seem to get a new timeline, and every year it seems to be pushed back. When the San...

For the past month, cars have lined up outside of California’s beloved Yosemite National Park, spending hours barely inching forward. This has become the new reality following the recent budget cuts...

Annotation on Kami. Essays on Google Docs. Presentations on Google Slides. Infographics on Canva. Quizlet. Duolingo. Blooket. These are just some of the educational technology programs students use...

Is our society getting dumber? We can’t be getting dumber if grades are increasing, right? No, the grade inflation occurring the past few decades awards higher grades for the same amount, or in some...

Extra Credit Ethically Help Charities Underprivileged people struggle, and, out of the goodness of their hearts, many selfless individuals donate to charities to help them. Unable to rely on such selflessness,...

Most Rio students are familiar with GoGuardian: a software that allows teachers to monitor students’ activity online when in the classroom. While primarily used to keep students on task and prevent cheating,...

This morning, I woke up to my alarm ringing. I turned it off and went back to sleep. I could have woken up and gone about my day, but I exercised my free will and ignored the alarm. Though there are deterministic...

As California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for schools to restrict cell phone use in classrooms, many students wonder how these bans will affect their daily lives.  As more and more California school...

California voters have a strong recent track record with public education. Voters just passed Prop 2, a hefty facilities bond to repair aging schools, and two years ago, they approved Prop 28, which directs...

Textbooks can be helpful, but let's be real, they can also be boring. Sitting and reading out of a book daily for the entire class period doesn't help most students learn. Teachers should focus more on...