Education/Schools/Youth

Ken A. Epstein

Black Students Demand School District Take Steps to Reduce Racism at Berkeley High

Posted in Berkeley, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Labor, Racial profiling By Ken Epstein In the wake of a racist, violent threat and…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland School District’s Catalog Promotes Charters That Exclude Special Needs Students

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Ken Epstein The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) for the first time has included…

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Ken A. Epstein

Community Objects to Privately Funded OUSD Enrollment Reform

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Labor By Ken A. Epstein Members of the Board of Education and community activists are raising…

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Ken A. Epstein

Berkeley NAACP Calls on BUSD to Investigate Discrimination Against Employees, Students

Berkeley High School By Ken Epstein Manour Id-Deen, president of the Berkeley NAACP, met recently with Berkeley…

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Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Schools’ PR Chief Receives New $192,000 Contract

Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein Isaac Kos-Read, chief of Communications and Public Affairs for…

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Ken A. Epstein

Racism in Berkeley Schools “Has Been Tolerated for Too Long,” Say Community Leaders

Posted in Berkeley, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Responsive Government Berkeley High School students walked out of school Nov. 5 after a…

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High Priced Consultant Still Earning $30,000 a Month at Oakland Unified

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Labor, Oakland Job Programs Buildings and Grounds Workers Fear They Will Be Replaced by Consultants By Ken A….

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Ken A. Epstein

Racist Threat at Berkeley High School Sparks Outage, Students Walk Out

Posted in Berkeley, Education/Schools/Youth, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government, Uncategorized Berkeley High School students walked out of classes and rallied at UC…

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Ken A. Epstein

Gentrification Threatens Oakland Churches and Artists

Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Oakland Job Programs, Racial profiling, Restorative Justice Coalition of faith-based, housing and cultural groups…

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Art Exhibit at Oakland’s Betti Ono Gallery Exposes Realities Migrants Experience in Detention

Posted in Arts and Culture, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights Visitors to the Betti Ono gallery exhibit “Visions from the Inside”…

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