Education/Schools/Youth

Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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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.  …

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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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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,…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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