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Monday, Jan. 29: UC Berkeley programs on Civil Rights history The Institute for the Study of Social Change at UC Berkeley is sponsoring two programs on the Brown v. Board of Education decision and its impact, North as well as South. (For the first program, at Noon, see the URL at the end.)...
Posted: Sat, Jan 27, 2007 3:06am PST
Latino Parents Are "Unidos y Visibles" in San Francisco Saturday, February 3 will be a very important day for Latino parents in the San Francisco Unified School district. On that day, several hundred Latino parents and children (and their community supporters) will gather at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in the Mission District to proudly proclaim themselves "Unidos y Visibles" – ("United and Visible"). Latino Parent Day, the first-ever celebration of Parents for Public Schools' growing Latino Parent Club, will mark progress toward two very impor...
Posted: Fri, Jan 26, 2007 7:22am PST
Melanie Phillips, In Her Own Words 
On Jan. 23, a diverse group of about 30 students protested a speech by British bigot Melanie Phillips at UC Santa Cruz. The protest, primarily organized through the internet, drew attention to Phillips' hate speech and ensured that she was held accountable for her statements. The flyer below was passed around before the event, while the attached double-sided fact sheet was passed out to attendees....
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 12:57pm PST
Youth Rally for Violence Prevention and Language Services Funds A community effort headed by the San Francisco Youth Commission and Coleman Advocates is rallying the community to defend recommendations to direct funds towards site-based violence prevention measures that target the direct causes of violence and language services for non-English speaking families....
Posted: Tue, Jan 23, 2007 8:45am PST
School Beat: “Geeks of Color” Go to Head of Class According to the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning only 24% of black and 30% of Latino students in California public schools scored at their grade level in mathematics. Getting a second-class education in a poorly-resourced school district is a raw deal for any kid, but it’s double jeopardy for high achieving black and Latino high school students who show early interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). They not only face poorly equipped classrooms and w...
Posted: Fri, Jan 19, 2007 10:24am PST
Rally At Threatened Oak Grove Welcomes Students Back One week after police raided the tree-sits at the grove of heritage oaks on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley (UCB), supporters of the oaks are holding a press conference and rally to update the community and welcome UCB students back from mid-year break....
Posted: Thu, Jan 18, 2007 6:28pm PST
SAW Response to Job Fair Cancellation January 18, 2007
Dear friends in the UC Santa Cruz community,...
Posted: Wed, Jan 17, 2007 9:23pm PST
Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and Celebration HEAR to host Annual Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and Education Fair on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at Sierra College in Rocklin, CA....
Posted: Tue, Jan 16, 2007 10:53pm PST
Free Skool Two-Year Anniversary 
You are invited to our quarterly potluck picnic. Students, teachers, organizers, and folk from the community get together for a fun day in the park....
Posted: Mon, Jan 15, 2007 9:08am PST
Free Skool Spring Quarter deadline is one month away Spring Quarter runs March 1st to May 31st. The Free Skool Spring Quarter teacher registration deadline is coming up February 10th. If you are interested in teaching a class or would like to help, contact us soon....
Posted: Sat, Jan 13, 2007 1:01am PST
GSA Network News: January 10, 2007 GSA Network Highlight
Countdown to the Expression NOT Suppression Conference!
GSA Network Announcements
1. This Weekend - GSA Network Leadership Training! (Orange County)
2. Legally Blonde Benefit on January 25! (Bay Area)
3. Save the Date - GSA Network Leadership Training! (Concord)
4. Queer Youth Advocacy Day 2007 Leader Applications Available Soon!
5. Free Resources for New or Re-Registered GSAs!
6. GSA Network is Seeking a Winter Intern! (San Francisco)
7. GSA Network Youth Cou...
Posted: Wed, Jan 10, 2007 3:42pm PST
UC Santa Cruz Administration Sabotages Student-Run Career Event FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 09, 2007...
Posted: Wed, Jan 10, 2007 12:17pm PST
New School Board Offers Legitimate Reason to Hope On Friday, January 5, the three newest School Board members -- Jane Kim, Hydra Mendoza, and Kim-Shree Maufas -- were sworn into office. With this, San Francisco can now look at its public schools with hope that the new leadership will blow new life into the old challenges of public education. The first School Board meeting is tonight at 7:00 pm at 555 Franklin St, and can be heard live on 91.7 FM. The three new Commissioners share notable similarities in their roots and hearts in the communit...
Posted: Tue, Jan 9, 2007 9:02am PST
Toxic School Buses: Stop Your Idling! Children riding on school buses are exposed to high levels of cancer-causing pollutants, due to the old diesel buses. Many scientific organizations, activists, etc., have joined the push to clean up school buses...The first steps in this cleaner school bus awareness campaign are: 1) Replacement of the oldest fleet buses, 2) Retrofitting of the older models, and 3) Anti-idling policies. These 3 steps can help reduce pollution *while* improving kids' health......
Posted: Mon, Jan 8, 2007 5:17pm PST
Free Skool Radio News: Winter 2006 (audio/mpeg 25.6MB) The student reporters of Radio Journalism 101 present, Free Skool Radio News, a collection of reports, interviews and sounds from just a handful of the dozens of classes and workshops offered through Free Skool Santa Cruz. We'll hear about the Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra, Improv Contact Dance, Spanish Conversation, Tray Boarding, the Punk Sewing Circle and more. This program is the final project of Radio Journalism 101, Free Skool class on the basics of broadcast news production, facilitated ...
Posted: Mon, Jan 8, 2007 10:48am PST
Student Enrollment Greatest Challenge for Incoming School Board by Peter Lauterborn and Amanda Piercy‚ Jan. 05‚ 2007...
Posted: Fri, Jan 5, 2007 7:46am PST
Aging Prisoners and Classrooms Without Glue Sticks With draconian sentencing laws, California’s prisons are filling up with aging and ill lifers whose full custody costs taxpayers a million dollars each. Meanwhile, the state’s public schools often go without the basic necessities, writes Nell Bernstein, author of All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated, and an editor at New America Media....
Posted: Fri, Dec 29, 2006 6:03pm PST
University of California, UC Berkeley Hall of Shame - Stupid Research on Animals 
University of California, UC Berkeley Hall of Shame - Stupid Research / Experiments / Testing on Animals
Shameless superstars: Yang Dan, Jack Gallant, Ralph Freeman, Frederic Theunissen, Jeffery Winer, John Casida...
Posted: Sun, Dec 24, 2006 5:08pm PST
Pre-School Parents Gain Right to Know - AB 2865 (Torrico) VICTORY ! On January 1, 2007, a new state law (AB 2865, Torrico) will require private
child day care facilities to comply with new pesticide use recordkeeping and
notification requirements....
Posted: Fri, Dec 22, 2006 1:54am PST
Growing Concern over Special Education Conditions in Oakland The Oakland Education Association (OEA) Special Education Caucus is collecting signatures to raise awareness and build solidarity for addressing alarming special education conditions in Oakland Unified School District....
Posted: Mon, Dec 11, 2006 8:27pm PST
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