The Oakland Unified School District recently grabbed headlines when progressives won three out of four open seats on the school board, for the first time in...
California State University took another step toward requiring students to take an ethnic studies class as part of their lower-division coursework, a move that would also...
Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) this week announced a pilot program that will help pay for affordable housing so a few...
As final votes are being tallied, three Oakland School Board director candidates backed by the Oakland Education Association who ran on platforms against privatization, cuts, and...
The Peralta Community College District has appointed Dr. Rudy Besikof president of Laney College and Dr. Nathaniel Jones III president of the College of Alameda. Besikof...
I am proud to endorse Otheree Christian for West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD), Area 2. As a Richmond native, a graduate of John F....
The California Democratic Party Black Caucus hosted statewide press conferences simultaneously across four locations on Thursday to call on Black Californians to support ballot initiatives on...
A committee of local educators created by the Oakland Post Editorial Board has endorsed candidates for the Oakland Board of Education in all four open races...
There was a point in that messy first presidential debate when Black folks were spectators as three old White men — Pres. Donald Trump, Joe Biden...
In the mid-1960s, the University of California, Berkeley, started its Educational Opportunity Program to target underrepresented applicants and combat its history of discrimination. Unsurprisingly, this program...
The world looks very different right now. From the COVID-19 pandemic and wildfires that have destroyed parts of the West Coast to growing social unrest, we’re...
Members of the teachers’ union, Oakland Education Association (OEA), are reacting angrily to letters from the school district top attorney they believe are intensifying antagonisms between...
2020 is a big election year. With all eyes on the presidential race, Californians can’t afford to lose sight of our state and local elections. These decisions need the same amount of consideration being given...
With most of the conversation around the COVID-19 pandemic focused on relief within the next few months, some activists and researchers are looking to the future, asking: What should “back to normal” look...
The Shoreline Leadership Academy via the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP) is poised to receive up to $180,000 from the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority....
It is obvious in this day and time that anyone with a phone can make a video. But, it’s not so easy to parlay that ability...
A committee of local educators created by the Oakland Post Editorial Board has endorsed candidates for the Oakland Board of Education in all four open races...
As the new school year starts many students have the usual back-to-school anxiety: what to wear for the first day of school, will classes be easy...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles on the 2020 school board candidates, which will be published on the web and/on in...
It’s August in California and hundreds of thousands of educators are about to step into the uncertainty of distance and hybrid learning models during a pandemic....
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1460 into law on Monday requiring California State University (CSU) to provide courses in Ethnic studies at each of its 23...
A happy mix of Oakland Street Academy staff and parents planned the school’s approach to distance learning together at an evening Zoom meeting. It...
A happy mix of Oakland Street Academy staff and parents planned the school’s approach to distance learning together at an evening Zoom meeting. It was not...
Educators in Marin County are still very cautious about the reopening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are also concerned about the recent school reopening...
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is taking initiative and working with the city and vendors to prepare for full-time distance learning for the upcoming Fall semester...