Gema Quetzal Cardenas, 16, to join California’s State Board of Education as a student representative
Gema Quetzal Cardenas was selected to serve as the 2018-2019 student representative on California’s State Board of Education.
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Oakland schools run test to help students take mainstream English classes
Oakland schools are now in their second year of running a new testing process that will allow students who are identified as English Language Learners (ELL) and who have special needs to have better...
Equity in Education panel brings Oaklanders together to discuss schools
On Thursday, a row of people carrying umbrellas gathered in downtown Oakland, standing in a long line going down the entire block, despite the spurts of rain. Although the people in line were smiling, they...
Oakland High School football player talks about his experience in the college recruitment process
For high school football players across the country, it’s an uphill battle as they strive to become Division 1A scholar athletes who will go on to play college football. However, for Siale Liku, a junior...
Childcare advocates push for Measure A on the Alameda County June ballot
On a bright Saturday morning, approximately 200 people gathered at the Boys and Girls Club in San Leandro in support of the campaign kick-off for Measure A: Alameda County’s Ballot Measure for Child Care and...
Oakland Technical High students form group to advocate for library access
Oakland Technical High School has had a library with no librarian for years. Recently, a group of students turned a class assignment about social justice into a new group, which they called Students for Library...
Oakland educators are encouraging kids to “clown around”
On March 10, students from seven schools in the Oakland Unified School District participated in the 2018 Prescott Theater Circus showcase. The circus partnered with the Oakland Spirit Orchestra and the Museum of the African...
Oakland Promise launches initiative to get students from “Kindergarten to College”
On Thursday morning, about 20 kindergarteners gathered together in front of the stage at the auditorium in Bridges Academy at Melrose and cried, “I’m going to college!” Anita Iverson-Comelo, the principal of the school, introduced...
Oakland High School pathway programs prepare students for college
Oakland High School is the first school within the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to have all their students enrolled in what they call “wall to wall” college preparation programs. School staff implemented them in...
Grant gives Oakland schools funding for refugee students
Grant will provide academic support for literacy, career pathways, and community safety and engagement
As the nation responds to mass shootings, Oakland’s Teens on Target empowers students to end violence
While students and teachers across the nation stand up against school shootings, Oakland high school students are standing up to daily gun violence in their communities.
Prescription for mindfulness: Non-profits and hospitals use new practices for healing
Since the 1970s, psychologists and neurologists have been studying what happens in the brains of meditating children and adults. Now, hospitals and non-profits like Kaiser Permanente and Mindful Life Project are turning to mindfulness and...
Restore Oakland combines a restorative economic and justice
Several Oakland organizations are uniting to bring economic growth to the city by opening a community advocacy and training center in a renovated building on International Boulevard, in the center of the Fruitvale community. Restore...
Oakland officials and advocacy groups prepare for possible immigration raids
In Oakland, city officials and immigration advocacy groups are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best after an alarm was sounded earlier this month, notifying the Bay Area that federal immigration officials could...
Young women learn tech skills at Girls Who Code club
In the meeting room at the Oakland Public Library’s Cesar Chavez Branch, girls grades 6 to 12 gather for their Tuesday club meeting. They remove their school backpacks and power on the laptops provided by...
Oakland School District program helps refugees break language barrier
The Asian Pacific Islander Student Achievement is doing a targeted outreach to bring resources for Arab families
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