Currently, the Oakland-based nonprofit focuses its advocacy efforts on school discipline, special education, the school-to-prison pipeline, race-conscious remedies, and inequities in the criminal justice system. California Black...
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — Many Black college students have not considered a teaching career because they have never had a Black teacher, said Preston Jackson, who teaches...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Think about what would be best for your child and family as you make this transition. Consider how you can work with your...
Students with special needs at West Contra Costa Unified were full of smiles and laughter Saturday as they danced and partied at a prom event specifically...
In a media release, the union announced that voting began on Monday: “Instead of negotiating a fair contract for the safe, stable, and racially-just schools our...
The teachers’ union pledged to continue the fight against school closures and to take legal action to defend teachers who have been fired or threatened for...
The Oakland Teacher Residency (OTR) program received $120,000 from the National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR) to expand efforts to recruit and develop Black educators for...
Holy Names University (HNU) has appointed Dr. Kimberly Mayfield as vice president for External Relations and Strategic Partnerships.
Millions of students are returning to in-person classes at California’s public schools, amid parents and teachers’ fears about the inability to vaccinate children under 12 and...
Millions of California students, teachers, administrators are returning to school this week.
However, on most issues in the survey, Democrats and Republicans generally disagreed. One notable issue was whether schools should spend more time teaching about the causes...
Lauren Rhim, executive director of the Center for Learner Equity, which advocates for students in special education, agreed. School districts need to carefully consider how they’re...
“I know very deeply what it means to be a teacher at any time but especially this past year. We wanted to do something special, and...
While special education support staff in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) broadly back the Oakland Education Association’s (OEA) proposed strike and its demands to increase...
Parents and teachers are raising concerns that they are being kept in the dark until the last minute about what they consider to be a disruptive...
By Jorge Lerma A disturbing new video has surfaced showing security guards at Fremont High in Oakland...
Two whistleblowing teachers at the Oakland Charter Academy, part of the Amethod Public Schools network, are alleging that they were fired without notice on the last...
Disability Rights of California has filed a complaint against the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) on behalf of the district’s special education students, alleging that “OUSD’s...
Nineteen-year-old Berkeley High student Anthony Gaines sits inside a room beyond our understanding within his own mind and wonders why one of his best friends, his...
By Jonathan Morales SF State is joining a national effort to help students with disabilities succeed in the classroom by improving schools’ abilities to serve them....