Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were keynote speakers this week at a $250-a-person election fundraiser for Great Oakland (GO) Public...
Sandré Swanson won an exclusive endorsement from the California Teachers Association (CTA) in his campaign for the California 9th Senate District seat. CTA joins Congresswoman...
Courtesy of The Richmond Standard A coalition of local organizations and community leaders is proposing a November ballot initiative that would mandate that a certain...
Courtesy of The Richmond Standard Hercules High senior Garvey Buchongo may not have had a father growing up, but since age five she has had...
Carol Lee Tolbert, an Oakland native, is the first and only African-American woman elected to public office in North Oakland. From 1993 to 1997, Tolbert...
Life has a destination for everyone, however some may not know where that destination is going to be. Some people may have obstacles that block the...
Courtesy of Berkeley News Berkeley Law professor and former dean Christopher Edley has launched a nonprofit organization that aims to use education and related social...
By Steve Hockensmith, SFSU News Rosanna Fajardo (B.A., ’15) says that the California foster care system used to have a clear message for the kids...
The Sausalito Woman’s Club’s Scholarship Recognition Fund is providing awards for students to attend colleges, universities, vocational and art schools. The woman’s club is associated...
By Manny Otiko and Charlene Muhammad California Black Media The California Legislative Black Caucus is preparing strategies for accountability after a new report revealed Black...
By Terry Turner , courtesy of Good News Network A North Carolina preacher was nominated for a top hero prize after he created a nutritional...
Courtesy of Atlanta Blackstar If you don’t know about your past, you lack a blueprint for the future. And a new study suggests just that. ...
On Monday, undocumented immigrant students and documented student allies representing 12 universities staged classroom sit-ins at three Georgia public colleges that ban undocumented students from admission:...
The California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) is inviting all talented and motivated high school students to apply for admission to the 2016 summer...
Roughly 350,000 community college students received a personal email from UC President Janet Napolitano last week, encouraging them to begin thinking about the next stage of...
Fremont High School students, teachers and other community members are angry and organizing for change at their school after a security camera video surfaced showing a...
By Shefali Luthra , KHN News While the incidence of autism spectrum disorder has increased in recent years, what’s behind it remains relatively mysterious and...
As part of its ongoing efforts to promote education, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently announced the launch of its fourth annual PG&E Better Together...
By Anh Do, L.A. Times Anaheim Supt. Michael Matsuda has a special connection the district and its homeless students
By Roseann Torres As a Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education member for the past three years representing District 5, I have remained...
By Manny Otiko/California Black Media Dr. Shirley Thornton, a retired educator and colonel in the United States Army Reserves, remembers reaching a “glass ceiling” when...
More than 206,000 students applied to attend the University of California as undergraduates in fall 2016, an overall jump of 6.4 percent over fall 2015 and...
A cohort of new San Francisco teachers is eligible for as many as three years of assistance to overcome one of the most significant hurdles to...
United for Success Academy, a public middle school in the Fruitvale District of Oakland, hosted a Thanksgiving food distribution Wednesday, Nov. 18, put on by Safe...
Nancy Macdonald, Macleans Some universities make students take a math course before they get an arts degree, just as some engineering students are now being...
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