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Register for the 2013 Summer Math and Science Honors (SMASH) Academy

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SMASH is a three-year enrichment program that assists talented high-achieving low to moderate income high school students of color from historically underrepresented communities (i.e. African American, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, Southeast Asian and/or Pacific Islander) to  become competitive and successful in science, technology, … Continue reading »


180 Days: A Year In An American School

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180 Days: A Year In An American School Following the day-to-day stories of students, parents, teachers and staff at the Washington Metropolitan High School (DC MET), “180 Days: Inside An American High School” is an intimate portrait of a public … Continue reading »


The 2012 YES Conference

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January 31, 2013 By Lisa Hewitt The Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Network) is a national organization which links school-based Gay-Straight Alliances across the country with each other, to community partners, as well as aids in leadership development and activist training. … Continue reading »


Oakland North: Today’s Future Sound teaches kids coping skills … with a beat

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By Justin Richmond January 16, 2013 Dr. Elliot Gann is standing in front of his beat-up and stickered black Mazda Protégé in the parking lot of West Oakland Middle School. In his left ear is a Bluetooth earpiece, which, as … Continue reading »


American Graduate Student Film Festival

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Deadline for Entries: March 1st, 2013 What is the American Graduate Student Film Festival? The American Graduate Student Film Festival (AGFF) is an online video competition for students ages 10 to 19 to engage youth about the high student dropout … Continue reading »


KQED Forum: Teaching Social and Emotional Learning

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January 18, 2013 Oakland schools have launched programs to help students manage their emotions, establish positive relationships and resolve conflicts. One of the programs, Roots of Empathy, brings infants and their mothers into school to help students recognize emotions and … Continue reading »


KQED: Oakland Teen Survives a Shooting and Now Works to Prevent Youth Violence

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January 14, 2013 By Shuka Kalantari Today, as part of our occasional first-person series, “What’s Your Story,” we’ll hear from Caheri Gutierrez, a violence prevention educator for Youth Alive. She began working with at-risk youth after she was shot in … Continue reading »


OUSD's College and Career Readiness Office

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  January 14, 2013 By Lisa Hewitt “What kids need in college, to get into college, and to get through college without remediation is pretty much all the same skills that you need in a career. You need to be … Continue reading »


KQED: Oakland Unified Changes Attendance Boundaries of Some Grade Schools

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January 10, 2013 By Barbara Grady A year after expanding the attendance boundaries of several schools to accommodate kids from four schools it closed, the Oakland school board on Wednesday voted to shrink the boundaries of Crocker Highland Elementary School … Continue reading »


PBS Newhour:Can STEM Education Close the Achievement Gap?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1mj_6h_jLC4 View here.