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Audio: Perspectives: Education Interrupted
By Morgan Boeder I was sitting in my boyfriend's room in my pajamas, picking out classes when I opened the email informing me that my school had lost its accreditation and might close its doors next...
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Oakland Local: Startup Weekend Oakland/Black Male Achievement produces 14...
Story by Barbara Grady “This is history y’all,” said software engineer Ayori Selassie from the platform at Startup Weekend/Black Male Achievement on Sunday night. “This is the first event that has...
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SF Gate: SF seen as model in blinigual education over English only
Story by Jill Tucker In the 15 years since voters essentially banned bilingual education in state schools, teaching English learners to read, write and do arithmetic first in their native language has...
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Oakland Local: Oakland School District considering new parcel tax
Story by Barbara Grady Oakland’s school board is considering putting a parcel tax on the November ballot to fund improvement in its high schools. Although it’s made progress lowering the high school...
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Inside Bay Area: San Leandro woman headed to Ivy League school after...
Story by Rebecca Parr SAN LEANDRO -- SiLin Huang is headed to an Ivy League school in the fall after overcoming the challenges of speaking no English when she immigrated at age 8, growing up poor and...
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Oakland Local: Parents, students give their say in school budgeting
Oakland Local Story by Barbara Grady March 2, 2014 The first test of Oakland Unified School District’s ability to include parents and students in making budget decisions — something now required by...
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SF Gate: June Jordan School for Equity gets a break on testing
Story by Jill Tucker Photos by Mike Kepka Normally at this time of year, teachers and administrators at San Francisco's June Jordan School for Equity would be starting to gear up for the standardized...
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Mind/Shift: 7 Big Hurdles In Education and Ideas For Solving Them
Katrina Schwartz An infographic can hardly contain enough space to tackle the big, hairy challenges of American education. But the non-profit, Digital Promise, has tried to identify some of the biggest...
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SF Gate: Tiny Marin County district clings to struggling school
Story: Jill Tucker Photo: Paul Chinn Despite the state's economic recovery, a Marin County school district is struggling to make ends meet and is planning to cut teachers, administrators and special...
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