Education/Schools/Youth

Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Schools Considers New Parcel Tax

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth By Post Staff The Oakland Unified School District may become one of the first public school…

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Ken A. Epstein

Mayor Takes $200,000 of Youth Jobs Money

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Oakland Job Programs By Ken A. Epstein The city’s workforce Investment Board (WIB) has approved spending $200,000…

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Ken A. Epstein

Overcomers With Hope Offers Youth Digital Arts Training

Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Oakland Job Programs By Carla Thomas Overcomers With Hope (OWH) Television Broadcast Digital Arts Media Training Program…

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Ken A. Epstein

Movement Begins Against Increased Standardized Testing of Teachers

Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Post Staff It’s tough and expensive to become a teacher.   For most people in…

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Ken A. Epstein

Tagami’s Company Seeks to Place High School Next to Parole Office

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment By Ken Epstein Local business owners are raising concerns about negative impacts of a plan…

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Ken A. Epstein

Leadership Public Schools Administrators Respond to Criticisms

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment By Ken Epstein Administrators at Leadership Public Schools (LPS), a charter school with campuses in…

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Whistle Blowing Teacher Says He Faces Firing for Revealing Discrimination

Posted in Berkeley, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Ken A. Epstein Brian Crowell, a Berkeley High School history teacher, is locked in…

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Ken A. Epstein

“The Griots of Oakland” Exhibit to Visit Local Schools

Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity A traveling version of the popular exhibit, The Griots of Oakland – Voices from the…

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Kitty-Epstein

New “Common Core” Test Flunks 70 Percent of Students

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Kitty Kelly Epstein The Common Core, like many U.S. education reforms, sounded good when…

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Ken A. Epstein

Al Sharpton Kicks Off Oakland NAN Chapter

Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity  Education, Crime Are Group’s Top Priorities By Kia Croom Rev. Al Sharpton, nationally known civil…

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