Posts Tagged ‘adult education’
School board votes to end adult education
On behalf of Oakland’s family literacy programs, student Malak Alsabahi stood at the podium and asked the school board not to cut adult education. Fellow supporters held paintings of Yemeni women while Alsabahi spoke, representing classmates who could not be there at the school board meeting Wednesday.
Read MoreAs financial crisis for public schools worsens, OUSD cuts almost 90% of its budget for Adult Education
As parents, students and teachers at Oakland schools grapple with the school board’s recent decision to close five elementary schools, the Adult and Career Education program in the district has already come to terms with cuts that closed two campuses and decimated the program’s funding.
Read MoreThe English Center helps immigrants improve language skills
Non-native English speakers are learning the language and acquiring job skills at The English Center in Jack London Square.
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