First it was chants of “O-T, O-T” that echoed throughout the Laney College gym Saturday. The happy players and coaches of Oakland Tech were celebrating their Oakland Athletic League girls basketball championship, a 72-42 win over Skyline High. A couple hours later, that scene was repeated. This time, it was chants of “Cas-tle, Cas-tle,” as the Castlemont High boys team celebrated its 67-65 win over Oakland High.
Education
Oakland after-school fashion program fuses street style with business savvy
March 6, 2010 – 2:12 pm
The Street Style/Dream Seam School of Fashion gives Oakland teens a place to sketch, knit, sew and be around other creative people while learning about the ins and outs of the art and fashion scenes.
Tech students who stayed in class get lesson in funding crisis
March 5, 2010 – 1:37 pm
While nearly 2,000 people were protesting cuts to higher and K-12 education on the Oakland streets, most Oakland Tech students were in class. Those that stayed – including one particular Spanish class – got a lesson about California’s funding crisis.
In Sacramento, Democrats support protesters
March 5, 2010 – 7:27 am
With more than a thousand students, faculty members and other education advocates rallying outside the state capitol, Democrats seized on the opportunity to voice their support for revenue-raising measures, including the proposed oil extraction tax.
In Sacramento, protesters lobby for lawmakers’ attention
March 4, 2010 – 4:06 pm
As California lawmakers debated budget fixes on the Senate floor, hundreds of students, teachers and parents from California school systems—K-12 through the University of California—gathered on the Capitol’s north steps to protest cuts to public education.
UC Berkeley students decide: Attend class or protest
March 4, 2010 – 2:01 pm
On March 4, protesters gathered at Sather Gate as students pondered whether to join the demonstration or go to class.
Video: Morning protests at UC Berkeley
March 4, 2010 – 1:41 pm
On the morning of March 4, protesters gathered at the main entrances to the UC Berkeley campus. This footage was shot from 7-10 am at the campus’ West Gate, Sather Gate and North Gate.
Oakland students and teachers turn out for March 4 pickets; “disaster drills”
March 4, 2010 – 12:04 pm
Throughout the Oakland Unified School district, students and teachers turned out for pickets and a “disaster drill” to support California public education.
Timeline: California public school funding decisions
March 3, 2010 – 4:51 pm
A timeline of California public school funding decisions.
California’s education budget crisis: The story so far
March 3, 2010 – 4:39 pm
In California, a faltering economy, a burst housing bubble and dwindling tax revenues are adding to a growing budget deficit that is projected to reach $18.9 billion in the 2010-2011 fiscal year. To combat the growing deficit, lawmakers have enacted sharp cuts across the state budget, including public education at all levels, from K-12 to [...]
He saw a dance party. She saw a riot. What happened at Durant Hall?
March 3, 2010 – 4:38 pm
Oakland North correspondents Shannon Service and Josh Wolf sit down to review footage of last week’s dance party at UC Berkeley and discuss their impressions of what they saw that night.
Timeline: Recent state education budget cuts
March 3, 2010 – 4:37 pm
A timeline of recent state education budget cuts.
Timeline: UC Berkeley fee increase protests
March 3, 2010 – 4:33 pm
A timeline of the UC Berkeley fee increase protests.
Exclusive video: State Senate leader sits down with unannounced student protesters
March 1, 2010 – 11:28 pm
More than a dozen students from several University of California campuses arrived unannounced at the office of California Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Assemblyman Jim Nielsen. Oakland North has exclusive video of the sit-in and an interview with a student protester.
Board renews North Oakland Community, Lighthouse Community school charters
February 25, 2010 – 11:14 am
At a quiet school board meeting on Wednesday night, Oakland’s school board renewed the charters for two local schools: North Oakland Community Charter School (NOCCS) and Lighthouse Community Charter.