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textFree Skool Teachers Needed by Free Skool Santa Cruz
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 today....
Posted: Thu, Feb 1, 2007 10:48am PST
textSchool Beat: Meeting the Letter and the Spirit of Proposition H by Lisa Schiff, Beyond Chron (reposted)
One of the best decisions San Francisco’s electorate ever made was to amend the City’s charter in 2004 to provide for annual contributions from the General Fund to our City’s preschool and K-12 educational programs. San Franciscans knew that while education is essential, funding for schools was wildly insufficient, so they once again stepped up to the plate and put their money behind their values....
Posted: Thu, Feb 1, 2007 9:12am PST
calendarTrain in Massage Therapy and Conscious BodyWork by Jude
HEALUS CENTER 150 Nellen Ave. Corte Madera, CA 94925...
Event Date: Thu, Mar 22, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 8:26pm PST
textHow to raise student achievement by speaking up by Marijke Conklin
Oakland Special Education Teacher recounts how testifying at the Board of Education meeting produced tangible results for her Special Day Class....
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 8:13pm PST
imageMuslim Student forces prestigious UK University to pay out thousands in damages
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by Elinor Zuke
Damages awarded to postgraduate Nasser Amin following successful action against London University SOAS's false statements...
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 5:46pm PST
calendarCalling All Students!!! SF State anti-war organizing meeting by Alejandro
T-153 3rd floor Student Center...
Event Date: Thu, Feb 1, 2007 1:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 3:46pm PST
calendarCalling all students! UC Berkeley anti-war organizing meeting! by Devon
UC Berkeley Dwinell room 229...
Event Date: Thu, Feb 1, 2007 6:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 3:41pm PST
textYouth Empowerment Conference 2007 by Francisco Da Costa
The youth of San Francisco deserve the best because time and time again the youth in spite of being given little have offered much to the City and County of San Francisco. The recent Youth Empowerment Conference 2007 was held at the Bill Graham Auditorium - Missing In Action - the Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom - Missing In Action - leading politicians that talk the talk but cannot walk the walk....
Posted: Tue, Jan 30, 2007 7:08am PST
calendarPSR Sacramento Scholarship Essay Contest for High School Seniors by Tamar Foster
scholarship is due http://www.sacpsr.org. The Sacramento/Davis Area Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility 10 Dumfries Court Sacramento, CA 95831...
Event Date: Wed, Mar 21, 2007 12:00am PDT
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2007 6:15pm PST
textPSR Sacramento Scholarship Essay Contest for High School Seniors by bianca (repost)
Contestants may enter the 2007 PSR/Sacramento Scholarship Essay Contest by submitting an original essay of 500 words or less describing their thoughts on the following lyrics by recording artist Michael Franti: “We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can’t bomb it into peace.”...
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2007 6:11pm PST
calendarIntegration Efforts in the North During the Civil Rights Era by Institute for the Study of Social Change
ISSC Conference Room 2420 Bowditch Street (at Haste), Berkeley (Near Channing Way between College and Telegraph Avenues)...
Event Date: Mon, Jan 29, 2007 3:30pm PST
Posted: Sat, Jan 27, 2007 3:31am PST
textMonday, Jan. 29: UC Berkeley programs on Civil Rights history by Institute for the Study of Social Change
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
textLatino Parents Are "Unidos y Visibles" in San Francisco by Rachel Powell Norton, Beyond Chron (reposted)
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
textBush Bails on Education by New American Media (reposted)
President George W. Bush is asking Congress to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act, but the act has failed to deliver on its promise, writes Donal Brown, a New America Media reporter who taught for 35 years in California's public schools....
Posted: Fri, Jan 26, 2007 6:10am PST
textUS: Threadbare “college affordability” bill passes in the House by wsws (reposted)
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill January 17 proposing a halving of interest rates on federally subsidized student loans. Part of the Democrats’ vaunted “first 100 hours,” HR5 is supposed to represent the fulfillment of a campaign promise to rein in spiraling education costs and debt burden....
Posted: Fri, Jan 26, 2007 6:08am PST
textAmerican students attack Palestinian students on US soil by Eternal Palestine
"It was the ugliest thing I have ever seen," said Awartani, a freshman pursuing a double major in aerospace and mechanical engineering at NC State. "I've seen Israeli soldiers doing this to me in Palestine, but I've never seen this with citizens. It just came with punches, kicks and brass knuckles. There were witnesses that told me they were picking up rocks and bricks and hitting me." All this was accompanied by 'sand niggers,' 'fucking Palestinians,' 'terrorists.' I would like to say seve...
Posted: Thu, Jan 25, 2007 7:41pm PST
textState of Maine Quietly Socializing Schools and Society (Socialist Experiment) by Anthony F Riordan Jr
Over a 30 year period we have seen the complete destruction of our businesses, industry, competitive Insurance programs and education system. The country should look at the socialist experiment and what it has created. The state of Maine has the highest tax per capita income in the nation, lowest growth (-) in 2005/06. Welfare is at 19% of the population and the largest employer is now the State. Schools teach socialist non-competitive agenda's, police in the hallways of elementary school...
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 5:54pm PST
imageMelanie Phillips, In Her Own Words
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by Iranian Student Network & Jews for Justice
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
calendarMujeres de "La Otra Campana" by Jennifer Laskin
Watsonville Brown Beret Office 408 Main Street (corner of Main and East Beach...behind Ritmo Latino) Watsonville, California 95076...
Event Date: Thu, Jan 25, 2007 8:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 10:08am PST
textYouth Rally for Violence Prevention and Language Services Funds by Peter Lauterborn, Beyond Chron (reposted)
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
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