PG&E Announces $1 Million “Better Together” Scholarships for Local Students

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...

Anaheim Union Superintendent Aims to Serve All Students

By Anh Do, L.A. Times Anaheim Supt. Michael Matsuda has a special connection the district and its homeless students

Opinion: “Common Enrollment” Is a Misfit for the Problems That Plague Oakland Schools

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...

Black Employees File Complaint Against CA Department of Education

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...

UC Applications Break Records for 12th Straight Year

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...

Partnership Helps Offset Housing Costs for New San Francisco Teachers

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...

Thanksgiving Food Distribution for Middle School Families

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...

Two Universities Make Indigenous Courses a Graduation Requirement for Graduation

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...

Teachers Say “Common Enrollment” Would Funnel More Students to Charters

The local teachers’ union and school activists are raising concerns about a proposal, backed by the school district’s administration, to dramatically change how new students are...

Oakland Schools’ PR Chief Receives New $192,000 Contract

Isaac Kos-Read, chief of Communications and Public Affairs for the Oakland Unified School District, recently signed a $192,000-a-year-contract, extending his previous contract for two years.  ...

SF State Creates New Degree in Environmental Science

By Jonathan Morales , SFSU News   Students hoping to work as environmental scientists at government agencies or other organizations have a new option at SF...

National Director of Mothers in Charge Speaks at St. Columba

  Dorothy Johnson-Speight (right), the National Director of Mothers in Charge, spoke to the congregation of St. Columba Church in Berkeley at the church’s Saints Day...

Community Campaign to Save Planetarium Shows at Chabot Space & Science Center

The Eastbay Astronomical Society is launching a program to restore the Zeiss planetarium projector at the Chabot Space & Science Center.   According to the Zeiss...

Hundreds of Students at Stanford University Stand In Solidarity with Mizzou

Racism at Berkeley Unified “Has Been Tolerated for Too Long,” Say Community Leaders

Tensions remain high at Berkeley High School in the wake of a student walkout sparked by the discovery of a written message in the school library...

Following Victory, Black Students Evacuate Missouri Campus Amid Terrorist Threats

University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe announced his resignation Monday, amid calls from students, faculty and lawmakers for him to step down.   Wolfe faced pressure...

U. Missouri President Resigns After Black Football Players Walk Out

By Tyler Kingkade and Travis Waldron, the Huffington Post     University of Missouri system president Tim Wolfe announced Monday that he would resign, amid calls...

High-Priced Consultant Still Earning $30,000 a Month at Oakland Unified

Lance Jackson, a $30,000-a-month, $360,000-a-year consultant hired by the Oakland Unified School District, has entered his second school year at the helm of the district’s Facilities...

McClymonds Makes A Big Splash with Pool Reopening

  McClymonds High School is making new waves with the reopening this week of its school pool this week, which has been shuttered for eight years....

Outrageous Racist Threat at Berkeley High Sparks Outrage, Students Walk Out

Berkeley High School students walked out of classes, rallied on campus and marched to UC Berkeley yesterday in the wake of news that a racist threat...

Community Forum: “When Violence Challenges the Education of Young African American Women”

  Black Women Stirring the Waters (BWSTW) is hosting a community forum, “When Violence Challenges the Education of Young African American Women,” Sunday, Nov. 15, 1:30...

U.S., Mexican Teachers Union Leaders Meet in Houston to ‘Build Bridges, Not Walls’

Education union leaders from the 10 U.S. and Mexico border states met in Houston, Texas this week for the first in a series of bilateral conferences...

OP-ED: Technology in OUSD Opens Opportunities for Students

  By Michael B Hudson, CMT Integration Inc.   Having the opportunity to utilize current technology in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is always a...

Mack Alumni Reunite for Centennial Celebration

  Over the next few issues, The Oakland Post is looking to display photos of Mack alumni from all decades, past and present. Send us your...

Chevron Donates to Richmond Promise Scholarship Program

  Courtesy of the Richmond Standard   All students who live in Richmond and graduate from a public high school in the West Contra Costa Unified...