Education/Schools/Youth
Oakland “Dumps” Waste Management
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Health, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein Waste Management (WM) lost out on…
Students, Teachers Rally to Save Dewey
Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Gentrification By Ken A. Epstein Students, teachers and community members held a barbecue Monday to muster…
Leaders Should Reflect Community, Not Corporate Interests, Says Jason “Shake” Anderson
Posted in Elections & Voting Rights By Ashley Chambers As election season gets into full swing, Oakland’s mayoral race…
Councilmember Noel Gallo Calls for Support for Migrant Children
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights, World News By Ken A. Epstein Councilmember Noel Gallo, who represents the Fruitvale District, is…
Teachers Accuse School Officials of Censorship for Shutting Down Website
Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Media, Police-Public Safety Craig Gordon Teachers, community members and students are complaining that the Oakland Unified…
School District Wants to Sell School Property to Build Apartments
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures “We are not surplus,” said teachers and communit members who went to the Oakland school district’s…
Teach Tomorrow Oakland Honors Six Veteran Teachers
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth Teach Tomorrow in Oakland (TTO) last Saturday celebrated the first six of its educators to complete…
Larry Moore’s Three-Decade Fight for Justice
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety “This adversity has made a stronger individual out of me, and I continue fighting…
Educator Denise Saddler Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Post Staff Dr. Denise Saddler, former principal and administrator in the Oakland Unified School…
Laney College President Elnora Webb’s Contract Renewed
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification By Ken A. Epstein Supporters of Dr. Elnora Webb breathed a partial sigh of relief…