Education/Schools/Youth

Ken A. Epstein

State needs to help maintain, not close, Oakland schools

By Kitty Kelly Epstein The Oakland school district is considering closing 24 more public schools. Oakland has…

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Opinion: School Board Plan to Close Flatland Schools Is a Rerun of a Failed Policy

By Mike Hutchinson The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD school board has released the first draft a…

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Oakland Teachers Share Frustrations Over Charter Schools

Public school advocates say a proposed 625-student charter school in the Fruitvale District would drain students from…

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Defend and Transform Oakland’s Public Schools

By Post Staff The Post Salon co-sponsored a community dialogue on schools Sunday, Dec. 9. along with…

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Oakland Unified Looks at Closing Up to 24 School

By Ken Epstein The Oakland Unified School District’s Board of Education is moving ahead with a “Community…

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Castlemont High Celebrates Coming Out Day

By Zack Haber This year,  Castlemont High School celebrated National Coming Out Day for the first time….

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Oakland Race & Equity Dept. Report Calls for End to Systemic Racial Disparities

Affordable housing protest at Oakland City Hall By Ken Epstein City Councilmembers  this week took the “first step”…

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No on AA: Congress of Neighborhoods, East Bay Times Oppose Schaaf’s Education Initiative

“It’s not clear where the money is going, for there is no plan,” says the newspaper By…

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Open Letter: Elect Clarissa Doutherd for School Board, District 4

Doutherd’s opponent, Gary Yee, supported “top heavy administration” and closed the 25,000-student Oakland Adult Education program Clarissa…

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Moratorium on Sale of Public Land Dies in Council Committee

By Ken Epstein A proposed moratorium that would block the sale of public land until the City…

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