Karen Monroe, candidate for Alameda County Superintendent of Schools, has dedicated herself to ensuring that students and families are seen, valued and have access to vital...
Bill Riley is running for re-election as a trustee for the Peralta Community College District. “I am passionate about delivering quality education to Peralta’s diverse student...
Ed Washington, from Castlemont High School, was named The Oakland Raiders High School “Coach of the Week” winner. The Knights defeated Emery High School in dominant...
Saleem Shakir-Gilmore is running to become the District 4 member of the Oakland Board of Education. An Oakland native and former public school parent, he is...
Death and taxes. That’s what your father used to say were the only things in life that you could count on. Neither one was escapable; both...
Oakland teachers are still waiting to see if the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) will re-establish a curriculum website that provided federally funded history curriculum units...
By Shannon Sims, OZY What do you do once you’ve beaten Michael Phelps’ record? At 16 years old? The response of swimmer Justin Lynch, who turned...
Nineteen-year-old Berkeley High student Anthony Gaines sits inside a room beyond our understanding within his own mind and wonders why one of his best friends, his...
Looking for a quality preschool experience for your child? The Manzanita Children’s Center State Preschool, located at 141 Drake Ave. in Marin City, is now open...
The YWCA San Francisco + Marin is currently seeking nominations for women whose passion and hard work have had a significant impact in Marin County. Winners...
Beginning in December of 1955, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the most important catalysts for radically charging the American civil rights movement. A language...
The Art of Survival: Enduring the Turmoil of Tule Lake is a traveling exhibition by fine art photographer Hiroshi Watanabe that probes the complexity of the...
The Attend and Achieve Back to School event welcomed over 950 students Saturday who walked away with backpacks filled with notebooks, pencils and other necessary school...
Local hip hop artist Mistah F.A.B. recently held his annual “Back to School Block Party and Who’s House? Basketball Tournament” in North Oakland where over 1000...
Schroeder Hall captured the limelight this past weekend as its opening marked the newest chapter in the Green Music Center story.
By Barry Bergman, UC Berkeley News “I once had a very good professor who gave me very bad advice,” UC Berkeley sociologist Troy Duster said last...
The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is scrambling to hire teachers and purchase new textbooks to ensure that every classroom has a teacher and books before...
San Francisco native Shamann Walton wants to make a difference in the lives of San Francisco youth. As Executive Director of the Bay View’s Young Community...
Melony Wyatt – Moore, founder of KMK Family Licensed Daycare, says this year’s class marks a milestone for her business as it also represents the high...
Students, teachers and community members held a barbecue Monday to muster their forces to protect Dewey Academy, a longtime continuation high school that is sitting on...
The Oakland Athletics will contribute $3,600 to fund college tours, supplies and incentives for 30 Richmond children and youth participating in the Richmond Police Department’s (RPD)...
Today, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s Veterans Employee Resource Group awarded 10 scholarships totaling $55,000 to college and college-bound students. The ceremony was held at...
By Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. It has come down a sliver...
Jackie Shonerd, Region 4 After School Program Coordinator, has been honored as a 2014 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Woman of the Year by Assemblywoman...
While many middle school students are looking forward to some time away from their studies this summer, two 8th graders from Bayside Martin Luther King, Jr....
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