AltWeeklies Wire
David Horowitz Unveils His Newest Liberal-Baiting Ploynew
Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week hits college campuses across the country this month.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-11-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Oakland Schools' Cash Stashnew
Even as schools across the city hunger for basic program funding, the district sits atop of mountains of money with no plans to spend it.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-19-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Welcome to 'Modeling' Schoolnew
Some incoming Oakland Unified School District instructors are drilled on "differentiated instruction" and "big hairy audacious goals."
East Bay Express |
Jeremy Singer-Vine |
08-15-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Campus Cost-Copingnew
From full-time jobs to dumpster diving, Cal students struggle to keep out of debt.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
08-15-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Spare an Education?new
As California's public colleges grow pricier, financial aid fails to close the gap.
East Bay Express |
Jeremy Singer-Vine |
08-15-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Has Oakland Military Institute Gone Soft?new
Parents worry that the military academy is de-emphasizing all things military.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
05-16-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
The Method of King Jorgenew
How a former Richmond street tough transformed an Oakland middle school.
East Bay Express |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
12-14-2006 |
Education
Tags: Ben Chavis, Jorge Lopez
Berkeley's Underground Railroadnew
Will the city's school district finally crack down on all of the hundreds of students who illegally come from out of town?
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
11-16-2006 |
Education
Tags: Education
The Return of Grammarnew
The revisions to the SAT have gotten attention because of the new essay portion -- but the real news lies elsewhere.
East Bay Express |
Emma Pollin |
08-21-2006 |
Education
Tags: Education
The Case Against Tenurenew
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to reform California's archaic and burdensome tenure rules for K-12 teachers was far from being too radical. It wasn't radical enough.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
12-12-2005 |
Education
Tags: No Child Left Behind, a longtime teacher and track coach at Thomas Olaeta Elementary School in Atwater, Albert G. Truitt Jr., California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, California Teachers Association, Michael E. Smith, partner of the Fresno-based law firm Lozano Smith, Union attorney John Kohn Attorney Thomas Driscoll
Case of Condemned Gang Leader Becomes Death Penalty Lessonnew
Former Crips leader Stanley "Tookie" Williams, who was convicted of murdering four people, may be executed in December, but not before he's gained the sympathy of Oakland, Calif., schoolchildren.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
11-29-2005 |
Education
Disrespecting the Liquor Bannew
UC Berkeley is requiring all new freshmen to take an alcohol education course. So why are some upperclassmen so worked up?
East Bay Express |
Fritz Brantley |
08-22-2005 |
Education
Tags: AlcoholEdu
