Education/Schools/Youth
Oakland Anti-Displacement Coalition Says “Speak Out to Stay Put!”
Carroll Fife (top left), a co-founder of the Oakland Alliance, spoke at a workshop on developing an…
Is Representative Democracy Breaking Down at Oakland Unified?
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth By Ken Epstein Local residents are raising concerns about a new set of “meeting procedures” and…
Academics at Mack Are Back
Posted in Commentary, Education/Schools/Youth By Ben Tapscott Ben Tapscott McClymonds High school has reestablished educational equity byoffering the same courses…
Berkeley Activists Call for City Department of Race and Equity
Posted in Affordable Housing, Berkeley, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures Marcel Jones, David Turner III and Spencer J. Pritchard, right, speak on Black Lives…
Joys and Struggles of Public School Teaching, Discussed at Post Salon
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Oakland Job Programs By Post Staff About 70 people attended the Post newspaper’s most recent Salon…
We Must Speak Up” for Racial Justice, Say Teen Leaders and Rep. Barbara Lee
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Mass incarceration, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Restorative Justice Calling for Black-Brown unity, a youth said, “The…
McClymond High Alumni Meet with OUSD Supt. Antwan Wilson
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth OUSD Supt. Antwan Wilson met with of the McClymonds High School community. (L-R): Deacon Thomas Angelo,…
Historic Liberty Hall Takes on New Life in West Oakland
Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Gentrification Liberty Hall Oakland By Tasion Kwamilele City officials, church leaders, and community members…
Hack the Hood Grads Have Much to Offer Tech World
Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Oakland Job Programs By Ashley Chambers High school senior Jayshaun Thomas can show just about…
What Local Parents and Teachers Can Learn from Finnish Schools
Posted in Commentary, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Dr. Kitty Kelly Epstein We’re kind of stuck in a rut in U.S. schools. …