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textSan Francisco Board of Education - Parent Advisory Council by Francisco Da Costa
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
textACTION ALERT! Please Tell the Governor to Stop Playing Politics with LGBT Lives by Equality California
Urge the Governor to Reconsider Promised Veto of Bill to Ensure Inclusive History in School Curriculum...
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 11:29pm PDT
text9/11 Truth Petition Close To Reaching Signature Goal by About 25 names to go!
The Easter Bunny and Santa Claus are there-- so the actual number of signatures demanding Truth about 9/11 may be questionable... but this petition will soon reach its goal....
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 6:54pm PDT
imageHistoric Leidesdorff Plaza ~ Junteenth Folsom 2006
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by Michael Harris
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
textCalif. bill targets military recruiters in schools by Reuters (repost)
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Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 8:38pm PDT
imageIcily, Schwarzenegger-Linked Administration Readmits Banned Poet
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by Jeremy Ellington
Bay area born writer, who has worked with the ancient Hindu poem which inspired Ghandi, has been reinstated with user privileges at a California community college, but relations with officials remains icy....
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 4:51pm PDT
textStudent Declaration Over Exit Exam Ruling by Students United
Student response to Court's decision to reinstate California High School Exit Exam...
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 11:11am PDT
textSchool Beat: Making Schools Clean and Healthy by Lisa Schiff‚ Beyond Chron (reposted)
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
textCity and SF BOE Should Work Together by Beyond Chron (reposted)
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
imageImages from Regents Meeting 5/17
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by bartolisimo
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Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 3:50pm PDT
audioUC Regents Meeting reportback 5/17 (audio/mpeg 6.0MB) by bartolisimo
On Wednesday 5/17 the UC Regents held a meeting at UCSF. Students, Workers and unions were present, primarily in response to UC's plan to cut workers' pensions. The unions were united & unapologetic, cheering loudly as three California State Senators including Figeroa (D) and Maldonado (R), called for Dynes' resignation....
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 2:44pm PDT
textYouth Empowerment Day: June 3rd by Education Not Incarceration
International Figure Lennox Hinds and R&B/Pop Star Raz B Join the Education Not Incarceration Coalition (ENI) for Youth Empowerment Day to launch a campaign to address the crisis of students pushed out of school and into prison...
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 8:37am PDT
textComo Angeles: The Story of the Free Medical School in Havana, Cuba by Dan Bacher
Cedric Edwards MD, the first American graduate of Latin American Medical School in Havana, will talk about his experiences attending the school and participating in an experimental program in Honduras working alongside Honduran doctors trained in Cuba....
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 7:06am PDT
imageAnti-Nuke Activists Disrupt UC Regents Meeting
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by josh sonnenfeld
Thursday, May 18, 2006 - For the second straight year, anti-nuke/demilitarization activists from around the state disrupted the University of California Regents meeting at UC San Francisco. In addition to concerns of corruption on behalf of top UC officials, students continued the decades old tradition of opposition to UC's vital role in the production of weapons of mass destruction. Through it's management of both Los Alamos National Lab and Lawrence Livermore, UC employees have designed eve...
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 5:41am PDT
imageFree Skool Summer Quarter deadline coming up
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by Free Skool Santa Cruz
We want you to teach Free Skool Santa Cruz....
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2006 11:48pm PDT
textDear Supporters of Students Against War by UCSC Students Against War
The Project, Page 5 A thank you letter for the support following the counter-recruitment demonstration on April 11th....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:12pm PDT
textAn Open Letter of Solidarity... by UCSC Students Against War
The Project, Page 4 This is an open letter of solidarity to Students Against War at San Francisco State University....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 2:51pm PDT
textSchool Beat: The Revised Budget Gives Less Than You Think by Lisa Schiff‚ Beyond Chron (reposted)
Once again the Governor is playing the public education community like his favorite set of puppets. Using the end-of-year revenue upsurge to enable a reprise of his role as an education hero, Schwarzenegger has returned (sort of) a piece of what he took from public school coffers and will portion out the rest over the next seven years. And this is not only supposed to make us happy but make us re-elect him too. Hopefully voters in California will be able to see through this obvious sham. It's...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 9:40am PDT
textThe Naked Truth: UC Sweatshops by Sara Bloomberg
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Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 9:21pm PDT
text5/20 at Vandenburg Protect Student Privacy from Military Recruiters by Codepink
When: Saturday, May 20th, 1-3pm Where: front gate of Vandenburg Air Force Base...
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 8:50pm PDT
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