housing Labor unions have a week to agree on housing bills. Can they do it? By Manuela Tobias | CalMatters | August 22, 2022 Assembly Bill 2011 would unlock commercial real estate for residential use but it has splintered organized labor.
Bay Area Frustration after bilingual education bill dies in State Assembly By Zaidee Stavely | EdSource | August 22, 2022 The bill would have established a program to offer grants of up to $750,000 to expand or establish dual-language immersion programs.
Bay Area A movement rises to change the teaching of reading By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | August 19, 2022 Two Piedmonters -- Iturralde and Weaver -- are among the experts weighing in on the embattled but dominant literacy instruction model in schools nationwide.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Silicon Valley’s in-person Cinequest festival has films for every mood By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | August 17, 2022 The festival runs now through Aug. 29.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ traveling exhibition at the Manetti Shrem Museum By Molly Burke | Bay City News Foundation | August 10, 2022 The exhibition features 51 pieces of art by emerging artists of African descent that deal with identity, politics, and art history.
High School Later start times present new challenges for school leaders By Ashleigh Panoo | EdSource | August 9, 2022 A new law mandates later start times for secondary students in California.
homelessness Could this COVID program help reduce the California housing crisis? By Manuela Tobias and Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | August 8, 2022 An emergency housing voucher program could be key, but landlord reluctance remains a crucial hurdle.
Elections Hope, frustration and hard lessons as youth try to lower voting age for school board By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | August 5, 2022 The Alameda County registrar has yet to implement two youth voting measures that passed by wide margins in 2020.
Oakland Oakland, with among lowest ratio of fully prepared, rightly assigned teachers, has a strategy to address teacher churn By John Fensterwald | EdSource | August 4, 2022 The district wants to recruit teaching candidates from within the community but cost of living could be a barrier.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Don’t miss these four films as the Jewish Film Festival wraps up By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | July 28, 2022 The Festival wraps up its in-person screenings this week but a selection of features and shorts will be available to stream through Aug. 7.