Cestra “Ces” Butner, first vice president of the Port of Oakland and former president, CEO and owner of Horizon Beverage Company, made a multi-year pledge...
The fight for decent education in Oakland for all the students, not just those who are from privileged backgrounds, stretches back for decades. We need...
Responding to protests against the planned closure of its highly successful reading clinic for special education students, the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) has scheduled a community...
Feras Fahed Abushaar grew up in Kuwait knowing precisely the damage that conflict could cause. Both his Syrian father and Palestinian mother had lost their...
Several “disruptions” occurred at a high school event at Richmond Memorial Auditorium on Thursday. One involved an idea for a smartphone app that can track...
Parents and teachers attend a meeting Monday at Manzanita Community School calling on school board members to keep budget cuts away from school sites. Photo by...
Shown (L to R): Professors David Pearson and José Lizárraga, who nominated them, with award winners Arturo Cortéz and Nicola McClung. UC Berkeley photo by Christine...
This Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) honored 1,200 students for their hard work in and out of the classroom is paying off, Monday night, May 15,...
By Gretchen Kell, UC Berkeley News Majoring in sociology, studying abroad, joining student clubs, even learning to salsa dance. Natalie Ruiz was eager to see how...
Shown (L to R): Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, Assemblyman Rob Bonta and Oakland Education Association President Trish Gorham. Lawmakers, parents, educators, students, and community organizations joined...
The Oakland Board of Education announced Wednesday evening that it had picked local veteran school administrator Kyla Johnson-Trammell to become the Oakland Unified School District’s new...
The Oakland Unified School District and AC Transit came to an agreement Wednesday afternoon – with the help of the City of Oakland – to save...
Three Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) employees were recently recognized by the Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) as 2016-17 Classified School Employees of the Year. Each year, OUSD...
By Charles Cole III, Contributor, Huffpost The antiquated model of “lifting student voice” is children working to serve adults and we need to completely flip that....
By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley News When she graduates in a few days, Ursula Kajani is headed to Rwanda to work with a maternal and child...
By Ed Carpenter, USF News University of San Francisco recently dedicated Burl A. Toler Hall, renaming Phelan Hall in honor of Burl Toler ’52, MA ’66,...
Students at Holy Names University, a normally quiet 800-student campus in the hills above Highway 13 in Oakland, marched Tuesday to the school administration...
The College of Marin will be conducting a free College Enrollment Workshop for those who are expanding their employment opportunities, or for those who are considering...
Over 250 students from West Contra Costa high schools attended Law Day 2017. Attending the event, held at the Salesian Boys and Girls Club in Richmond,...
By Kathleen Maclay, UC Berkeley News Two UC Berkeley professors are among the 35 scholars, authors and journalists selected from 200 nominations for 2017 Andrew Carnegie...
By the Justice for Oakland Students Coalition How is it possible for Oakland Unified School District to receive an additional $100 million in new funding over...
By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley News Imagine a future in which every home has an appliance that pulls all the water the household needs out of...
About 800 students from middle and high schools across Oakland Unified School District came together on Saturday afternoon, April 15 to be recognized for their hard work...
By Valerie Strauss, Washington Post A new study says that assigning black students from low-income black families to at least one black teacher in the third,...
The community is invited to attend a free College Information Day at Easterhill United Methodist Church in Richmond, where Bethune-Cookman University (BCU) will be looking to...