Education/Schools/Youth
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…