Laney College, Merritt College, College of Alameda and Berkeley City College – the four community colleges that make up the Peralta Community College District...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As Congress works toward a comprehensive education policy that will replace the Bush Administration’s No Child Left...
By Troy Williams A few days ago, I was introduced to a group of Black Greek letter organizations. Initially, I assumed the organization was...
By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley The United Kingdom’s Institute of Physics has awarded its prestigious Isaac Newton Medal and Prize to Eli Yablonovitch, a professor...
Special to the Post One week before their Transatlantic educational visit to South Africa, a group of McClymonds students, mentors, and teachers known as “Culture...
Josue Rojas met acclaimed USF graffiti-style muralist Estria Miyashiro ’92 at a pivotal moment, perhaps the most pivotal moment of his life. He was surrounded by...
After receiving a record high number of applications for the 11th consecutive year, the University of California this week released preliminary admissions data that demonstrate its...
By Quenajonay Frazier, Green & Gold Fremont High will no longer be Fremont High after next year — it will be called Innovation School of...
Fremont High School in East Oakland has shut down its award winning school newspaper, the “Green & Gold,” which has been training young writers and reporting...
By Kadijah Means Editor’s Note: Kadijah Means, outgoing Pharaoh (President) of the Black Student Union at Berkeley High delivered a powerful speech at Berkeley High’s...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times This past Thursday, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Trustees voted...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As students slip into their summer vacations, it’s up to families to make sure they don’t slip...
City of Oakland, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and Alameda County Community Food Bank recently announced joint summer meal programs to provide local children free breakfast,...
Brother Will is an individual who has been through a lot, but will not let anything deter him from moving forward. As a former Howard...
A group of nearly 200 young Black men stood before family, friends, and the community ready to embark on their next journey in life on June...
To be or not to be, is that really a question? With compassion, humor and love, you can see the beauty in the little things, including...
Several members of the Oakland Board of Education are balking at a proposal of the Oakland Unified School District administration to place a charter high school...
Last month at the graduation ceremony of Tuskegee University, a historically Black college, First Lady Michelle Obama spoke candidly about the racial barriers facing African Americans...
Black student activists at UC Berkeley, looking back on the school year that just ended, are saying they have accomplished many things, but have much more...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Education reform alone isn’t enough to close achievement gaps between Blacks and Whites, according to a...
Despite vocal opposition of some community residents, the Oakland Unified School District is moving ahead with plans to demolish Marcus Foster School in West Oakland and...
By Joanna Hernandez, Richmond High School Esmeralda Echavarria, a Richmond High School sophomore, has been offered the opportunity to travel to Brown University in Rhode...
SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Four years after taking union rights away from teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker...
Pastor Henry Washington, pastor of The Garden of Peace Ministries in Richmond, recently graduated from the American Baptist Seminary of the West (ABSW) receiving two master’s...
Many people today are usually stuck in place, looking down rather than reaching up towards the goal line. Otis Bruce, Jr., founder and organizer of...