Education/Schools/Youth
Support Grows for City of Oakland Department to Address Racial Inequality
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Labor, LGBT, Oakland Job Programs, Politics, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government By Ashley Chambers A number of community…
Unanswered Questions as OUSD Moves Forward on Headquarters Development
Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Housing/Foreclosures How will the district pay for the project, estimated to cost $100 million? By Ken…
Oakland Unified: Fremont, McClymonds and Castlemont Will Not Be Turned into Charter Schools
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth By Ken Epstein The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) has announced that by a March 12…
Oakland Unified’s Interim Facilities Head Lance Jackson Earns $30,000 a Month, Replacing Tim White Who Earned $13,000
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth Jackson Not Implicated in W. Contra Costa Construction Investigation, Says OUSD By Ken Epstein The Oakland…
Oakland Unified Says Its HQ Is “Presumed to Be Beyond Repair,” But Architects Say It Can Be Renovated for Half the Cost of New Building
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein The Oakland Unified District seems to be acting on…
De Anza High Students Protest Dismissal of Popular Teacher
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Labor, Responsive Government, Richmond By Post staff About 100 De Anza High School students held a day-long protest,…
Tim White’s Departure Disrupts Facilities and Repair Department at School District
Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Labor, Oakland Job Programs By Ken Epstein Administrator Tim White’s departure under pressure from the Oakland Unified…
Oakland School District Leaders Earn Top Salaries
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Labor By Ken Epstein Teachers and others in the school community are complaining that Oakland Unified School…
Does Oakland Unified Want Input or a Rubber Stamp on School Headquarters Development?
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Labor Oakland Unified’s headquarters at 1025 Second Ave. By Ken Epstein The Oakland Unified School District has…
Our Schools Need Latino Teachers
Posted in Arts and Culture, Commentary, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights, Labor By Francisco Ortiz, Kimberly Mayfield Lynch and Kitty Kelly Epstein Marisol, a…