Education/Schools/Youth
Latinos Underrepresented in Teaching and Other Jobs in OUSD
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights, Labor Supt. Antwan Wilson: “We have to embody the diversity of this community” By Ken…
Opinion: Oakland Needs Office of Race and Equity
Posted in Commentary, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, LGBT, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government, Uncategorized “Allow ourselves to become comfortable with being uncomfortable” By Desley Brooks…
Concerns Raised at Oakland Unified Over Jackson’s $30,000 Per Month, Conflict of Interest
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Responsive Government Jackie Minor Sets Jackson’s Pay Rate, Says School Board Approval Not Necessary By Ken Epstein…
Felicia Bridges Hosts Student Voices on “Talk 2 Teacher” Radio Show
Felicia Bridges at Radio Station KPFB 89.3 FM Special to the Post Students don’t often get asked…
Oakland Unified’s Administration Bypasses School Board to Hire Jackson for $30,000 Per Month
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Responsive Government, Uncategorized By Ken Epstein The Oakland Unified School District administration bypassed Board of Education approval in…
State of Black Oakland (SOBO) Holds “People’s Assembly”
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Health, History and remembering, Housing/Foreclosures, LGBT, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government By Rasheed Shabazz Hundreds of…
UC Berkeley Black Students Face “State of Emergency”
Posted in Berkeley, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter By Rasheed Shabazz Black students at UC Berkeley, saying they are facing isolation,…
Latino Students Are “Overlooked and Poorly Represented” in Oakland Unified
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights, Labor By Jorge Lerma Latinos are not getting fair representation. Latinos make up 41…
OUSD Public Relations Move by Backfires
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Labor By Ken Epstein For someone who does not understand unions and negotiations, it might appear perfectly…
The Outrage of Jailing Atlanta Black Educators
Posted in Commentary, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Kitty Kelly Epstein The jailing of seven Black Atlanta educators is an outrage matched…