The Oakland Unified School District is on a fast track to renovate and reopen its historic administration building, which has been closed since January 2013 when...
By Dr. Rowena M. Tomaneng, Berkeley City College President How can community colleges work effectively and successfully with students coming from the most marginalized communities in...
By DJ Stewart Marvin Webb is a native of Richmond, an alumni of Contra Costa College, and the College’s former Head Baseball Coach. He is no...
It was a coincidence that Oakland’s first new public school in more than a decade, called Oakland SOL, opened its doors Monday – the same day...
School district staff are working to fix water problems on the campus of McClymonds High School , saying the most serious and immediate problems have been...
Laney College student with Tower Administration Building in the background. Laney serves an estimated 11,000 students annually. Photo courtesy of Laney College By Laney College President...
Student in Automotive Technician Program at College of Alameda. Photo courtesy of COA. By Tim Karas, College of Alameda President Community colleges are a workforce engine...
Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell kicked off the first day of school with a tour of hill and flatland schools, starting the day at...
Three young participants at the 2016 Attend and Achieve Back-to-School Rally. Since 2008, Oakland Natives Give Back, a local education nonprofit, has held an “Attend and...
The East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC) has awarded 39 college scholarships and honored “7 Champions for Youth” at the center’s annual Pathway to College &...
By Jowel C. Laguerre, Ph.D., Chancellor, The Peralta Community College District Toward the end of his administration, President Obama introduced the investment idea of free...
A coalition of diverse, low-income, and immigrant students and parents from 17 organizations representing 30 cities from across California traveled to Sacramento Wednesday to defend state funding for...
The Oakland school district is likely to propose the closing of more schools using a term borrowed from corporate America called “rightsizing.” The Business Dictionary calls...
Science in the City is a week-long intensive summer camp for incoming 5th and 6th grade underrepresented students from throughout the Bay Area at Stanford University...
By Jowel C. Laguerre, Ph.D., Chancellor, Peralta Community College District It is known that community colleges nationwide provide the most practical point of educational access for many students. ...
The University of California has announced new system wide procedures for responding to alleged sexual harassment by faculty and staff that provide greater transparency, consistency and...
Jalia Tucker, a native Oaklander who attended public schools in Oakland, is realizing her lifelong dream – to become a doctor of medicine. In her early...
All 15 Childhood Development Centers (CDC) and 13 State Preschool Programs operated by the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) have received a 4-star rating through the...
Board members of the Robinson-Weeks-Robinson Scholarship Foundation awarded scholarships to seven high school seniors at a scholarship awards luncheon held June 24 at La Strada’s Italian...
Margie Mayfield, a beloved Oakland educator, died on June 26. She was 82. Mrs. Mayfield started her 30-year Oakland teaching career at Markham Elementary School in...
Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond), chair of the, California Assembly Select Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education, recently hosted a briefing about tech companies helping...
Francesca Zulueta and Rubi Esmeralda Gutierrez have received fellowships from the NBCC, an immense honor in the field of counseling according to Assistant Professor of Counseling...
At just 26 years old, Cal State East Bay senior and father of two Danny Hanson-Hackett knows a few things about balance. Some days, balance is...
The University of San Francisco has announced an anonymous donor’s pledge of $1 million to help 10 African-American and Latino students from the East Bay attend...
New Direction Christian Academy celebrated its first graduation/promotion ceremony on Thursday, June 15. The keynote speaker for the event was Richmond native Devin Lars, CEO of...
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