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Recruiting Lives. Student documentary About Military Recruitment. (video/mpeg 27.6MB)
This is a short documentary about military recruitment and counter-recruitment in colleges and high schools. About 6.5 minutes long in MP4 (QuickTime)....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:13pm PDT
Affirmative Diversity Talking Points
STUDENTS AND WORKERS RALLY TO DEMAND AFFIRMATIVE DIVERSITY!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:05pm PDT
Students and Workers Rally to Demand Affirmative Diversity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2006...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 6:17pm PDT
Who Asked Us? Preschool Laid a Foundation
A recent high school graduate remembers the base that his preschool years established for his academic career. John Springer is 18 years old and will be attending UCSD in the fall....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 9:01am PDT
Polynesian Club at Balboa High School
The Polynesian Club at Balboa High School under the Presidentship of Peter Vaovasa and fellow class mates Mapesone Galuega, Robert, McManus, Andrew Vai and others have continued to keep the fire burning and show casing the cultural values of all Polynesians. Year after year the Cultural Event grows better and thanks to the Balboa Principal, the teachers, and mentors....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:56am PDT
Five Days until Free Skool Deadline.
Five Days until Free Skool Lummer Quarter Deadline....
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 7:41am PDT
June 3rd is Youth Empowerment Day
WHAT: “Youth Empowerment Day” to Stop
“Pushouts” from School into Prison
WHEN: Saturday, June 3, 2006, 6pm to 9pm, Press
Conference: 7PM
WHERE: McClymonds Educational Complex , Peace Plaza,
2607 Myrtle Street (26th Street, between Adeline and
Market Streets)...
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 8:33pm PDT
4 of us Fresno groups combine to learn healthful living
4 of us Fresno groups combine to learn healthful living. 2 minute video...
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 11:03am PDT
School Beat: Reaching Special Education Ideals is Still Far Off
Google the expression “special education is a service, not a place” and you will come up with many references from special educators, disability advocates, parents and school administrators nationwide. In a perfect world, this slogan would describe reality. But as a parent and an advocate for effective education programs for all children, it seems to me that we still have a long way to go....
Posted: Wed, May 31, 2006 7:10am PDT
UCSC Workers, Students Grill Chancellor, Give June 5 Deadline
On Tuesday, May 23, UC Santa Cruz's custodians, part of the union AFSCME, continued their hard-fought wage parity campaign by staging a respectful protest inside Chancellor Denice Denton's Brown Bag event. The workers are frusterated over the Chancellor's lack of support for custodians and their families. While the Chancellor consistently refers to 'market rates' to justify top admin salaries (she earns upwards of $400,000/yr.), she has yet to support custodians whose poverty wages are up to ...
Posted: Tue, May 30, 2006 3:57am PDT
Oakland City Council to Declare June 3rd "Youth Empowerment Day"
Oakland City Council to Declare June 3rd Youth
Empowerment Day to Stop “Pushouts”
from School to Prison
WHEN: Tuesday May 30, 2006, Press Conference 5:30PM,
Presentation of
Proclamation: 6PM
WHERE: Oakland City Hall, 14th Street and Broadway in
Downtown, Oakland
WHO: Oakland City Council Presenting a Proclamation
to Community Leaders, Including Former Councilmember
Wilson Riles...
Posted: Mon, May 29, 2006 5:19pm PDT
Federal judge orders Pentagon to expedite UC student's FOIA request
....
Posted: Sun, May 28, 2006 12:08pm PDT
Take Back the Night 2006
On Thursday, May 18, students at UC Santa Cruz held the annual Take Back the Night. Starting with a rally at 6:30pm in Baytree Plaza, there were speakers and live performance addressing issues such as prison violence, sterilization, borderline violence, and institutionalized patriarchy. After marching through the colleges on East side of campus, the march stopped outside the College 9/10 Multi-Purpose Room for performances by UCSC's Slam Poets Team, before making their way through the rest of...
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2006 3:34pm PDT
San Francisco Board of Education - Parent Advisory Council
Omar Khalif brought the community together in the Bayview Hunters Point and more the parents of the students that attend our SF Public School in San Francisco. The parents and students joined hands in small groups to address a survey that was conducted in other parts of the City but did not include parents and students from the Southeast Sector. The turn out was nice and the issues discussed at hand very practical and urgent....
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2006 8:43am PDT
ACTION ALERT! Please Tell the Governor to Stop Playing Politics with LGBT Lives
Urge the Governor to Reconsider Promised Veto of Bill to Ensure Inclusive History in
School Curriculum...
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 11:29pm PDT
Historic Leidesdorff Plaza ~ Junteenth Folsom 2006
Historic Leidesdorff Plaza will come alive with the sights, sounds and history of "Our Journey Towards Freedom."...
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 10:07am PDT
Student Declaration Over Exit Exam Ruling
Student response to Court's decision to reinstate California High School Exit Exam...
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 11:11am PDT
School Beat: Making Schools Clean and Healthy
So much of the work that we want and need to do to improve public schools for our kids is visible and dramatic and thus readily captures our attention. More money, more staff, more equipment, more supplies. We are all working hard on all of those areas, not to mention working hard to keep that list as short as possible....
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 8:42am PDT
City and SF BOE Should Work Together
In the recent months and weeks, the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors have been exploring resolutions and initiatives aimed at the San Francisco Unified School District which is a separate independent entity....
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 8:12am PDT