The OEA’s common good proposals are based on outreach with thousands of OUSD parents and community members. California districts that have bargained common good demands with...
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price shared her vision and determination to fulfill the goals of the historic civil rights movement, to work with the community...
Despite opposition of the trustees, many community leaders and city officials are moving forward for an educational future for the campus. In a statement released this...
Last week, at the invitation of the Black in School Coalition (BISC), over 2,500 K-12 students, parents, education advocates, and civil rights leaders marched to the...
Rates of school discipline fluctuate widely and predictably throughout a school year and increase significantly faster for Black students than for their white counterparts, University of...
The community-wide demand to save HNU is growing stronger and more organized. A new coalition, “Reclaim Holy Names,” was scheduled to hold an online town hall...
Throughout Selma, Ala., there are streets named Frederick D. Reese Parkway and F.D. Reese. In March of each year, the city hosts F.D. Reese Day. Yet...
A popular Bay Area charter school system is closing its two Sunnyvale campuses this June despite months of attempts to save them, but parents and teachers...
ChatGPT both awed and alarmed the computer savvy and the computer-phobic public when the encyclopedic chatbot debuted in November. Teachers worried about cheating, and parents feared...
On his trip to California last week, President Biden first stopped in San Diego to meet with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and U.K. Prime Minister...
In an escalation of labor pressure, hundreds of teachers boycotted district-organized Professional Development (PD) sessions, instead attending a mass, Oakland Education Association (OEA) rally this week...
As Oakland Leaders who hold the well-being and educational needs of Oakland residents to the highest priority, we respectfully request your collaboration with the City of...
On March 1, 2023, the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a one-sided story, which contained inaccurate and hyperbolic statements, about the decision of the Oakland school board...
When the Holy Names University Board of Trustees declared in December 2022 that the college was closing, they said they could not afford to remain open...
Austin Beutner, the former superintendent of LAUSD who spearheaded Proposition 28, recently talked with EdSource about how the groundbreaking arts education initiative will roll out and...
The 2023 Contra Costa County Poetry Out Loud event was hosted by Contra Costa County Office of Education and Contra Costa County, serving as the countywide...
“We don’t want to strike, but we will if it means doing what is best for our students. Over 90% of all union members who participated...
There are four Black candidates running for state public office: Shirley Weber, Tony Thurmond, Malia Cohen and Angela Underwood Jacobs.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Over 50% of Black borrowers report their net worth is less than they owe in student loan debt. Also, Black students are more...
GREENE COUNTY DEMOCRAT — “My platform includes more funding for education, adopting a lottery for education and other measures to raise teacher salaries and provide teacher...
The workforce housing would have a few requirements for hopeful renters, including a lottery to parcel out the tenancies. Renters must be low- to moderate-income by...
Trumpish state legislators are introducing laws to make it illegal to teach anything that might make white students experience “discomfort.” One Texas lawmaker demanded information from...
Teachers, students and the Oakland Education Association had been vocal about COVID safety issues during the last two school years. Last January, OUSD teachers protested, as...
We cannot begin to heal our divisions until we acknowledge and teach our whole history — good and bad. And we know that standing up for...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As I witness you celebrating the overturning of Roe v. Wade, I want to challenge you. I want you to really consider the...