Vanessa Rancaño
KQED Public Media
Washington, DC, United States
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Oakland Students Won't See a Major Summer School Expansion This Year
Parents are looking to summer school to make up for pandemic learning loss. It may not be all they hoped for. → Read More
How Families are Pushing Schools to Teach Reading Skills More Effectively
Families are organizing to advocate for phonics instruction in schools, hoping that different teaching strategies will help their kids finally learn how to read well enough to access the rest of their education. One grandmother is hoping to put an end to intergenerational illiteracy by focusing on her grandchildren. → Read More
How an Oakland Parent Advocate Group Is Making Distance Learning Possible This Summer
An Oakland parent advocacy group is leading an effort to equip about 200 students and their families with the technology and support they need for distance learning. → Read More
What It Takes to Help 'Newcomer' Immigrant Students in Oakland
Many local leaders in the Bay Area have made it a point to say that their communities are welcoming places for new immigrants, including those who are undocumented, are seeking asylum or are refugees. Oakland Unified School District prides itself on helping "newcomer" students. And this year, they could see an unprecedented number of new → Read More
UC Raises Tuition for Out-of-State Students
The increase brings tuition for nonresident students to $42,324. → Read More
School Board Votes Decisively to Close East Oakland's Roots Middle School by End of Year
Roots is the first school slated for closure in the district's contentious plan to shutter up to 24 sites. → Read More
Teacher Sickout Looming in Oakland as Anger Boils Over
Some teachers planning a sickout Friday, in a city that may be the next battleground in the national debate over how we fund public education. → Read More
Teachers Join Parents to Fight Closure of Oakland's Roots Academy
Parents and teachers protest the closure of East Oakland's Roots Academy, and a teachers union rally is planned for Saturday → Read More
With Oakland Schools on the Chopping Block, Community Looks to Organize
With enrollment down, OUSD officials say they can’t keep all 87 of their schools open. The district’s early estimate is that it needs 24 fewer schools. → Read More
Facing School Nurse Shortage, Oakland Teachers Become Caregivers
Fed up with a shortage of medical staff, school nurses and teachers are turning to their union for help. → Read More
One in Four CSU Students Graduated On-Time Last Year, and That's an All-Time High
To raise the four-year graduation rate to just 40 percent by 2025, CSU estimates it needs $450 million. → Read More
Cuts to Oakland Schools' Free Dinner Program Felt by Thousands of Students
District eliminated dinner program, which serves about 3,000 low-income students at 30 schools, in effort to reduce budget deficit. → Read More
Donations Help Save Oakland High School Sports, but Parents Weigh Legal Action
If parents move ahead, the first step would be to send a demand letter to the district with the intention of spurring negotiations about how to right the alleged Title IX violations. → Read More
In West Oakland School That Keeps Losing Teachers, She's Stayed Almost Five Decades
McClymonds High School has a hard time keeping teachers, but LuPaulette Taylor is not going anywhere. → Read More
Not Living in the Dorms? Good Luck Figuring Out What College Is Going to Cost
Inaccurate cost of attendance estimates can throw off students’ budgeting and their financial aid packages. → Read More
'It's Not a New Story': Family Separations Open Old Wounds
It was once federal policy to eradicate tribal culture by placing children in boarding schools. → Read More
New State Report Finds UC Must do More to Prevent Sexual Harassment
A new report focuses on UC's response to sexual harassment complaints made by students that involve faculty and staff. → Read More
Housing Costs — More Than Tuition — Are Crushing California's Low-Income College Students
Although California provides financial aid for expenses outside tuition, the money hasn’t kept up with the rising cost of living here. → Read More
University Of California Employees Go On Strike Demanding Pay Increases
Thousands of University of California employees went on strike Monday to start the first of a three-day protest. Their primary demand: pay increases. → Read More
Bay Area Students Lobby for Tighter Gun Laws
This lobbying trip is the group’s first action, and there’s a steep learning curve. → Read More