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School Beat: Last Day Of School It's official. Today is the last day of the school year and most of us are breathing a sigh of relief. This was a tough one. Paired with continued successes throughout classrooms all over the City was enough heartbreak for all of us to have an ample portion. We all need and would like a bit of a summer vacation from the challenges around us. But, the upcoming year is already too packed with significant issues for us not to take advantage of the relative quiet of these interim months to become...
Posted: Thu, Jun 15, 2006 7:11am PDT
Stand-off Continues as Oaxaca Teachers Strike enters Fourth Week Teachers Soliciting Signatures to Impeach Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz in a Struggle Between Civil Society and the PRI...
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 10:41pm PDT
A Girl's World? author is critical of article in newsweek about "studies" that say the classroom environment is not conducive to boys' learning styles...
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 2:44pm PDT
Mayor Gavin Newsom where do you stand on this one? The Joseph Lee Gym is closed because it is under construction. Keeping in mind turf wars the YOUTH have no place to go to play. Now add to this problem other gyms shut down and the youth adversely affected. So the youth gather to talk and who do you think comes to round them? Who do you think comes to haress them? Who do you think is responsible to harm our youth by using dubious ploys? Now tell me do you really think Mayor Gavin Newsom - talks the talk or does he really walk the walk? What h...
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 2:10pm PDT
BTL:Librarians Who Challenged Patriot Act Win Right To Speak Out Interview with George Christian, executive director of the Library Connection in Windsor, Conn. conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 12:40pm PDT
Polynesian Youth Attend Retreat at South Lake Tahoe Polynesian youth from the Bay Area and Southern California attended the Annual Retreat at South Lake Tahoe and came out with flying colors. It was awe inspiring to see our beloved Polynesian youth shine when they spoke, in the dances they performed, the sports they played and the way they all behaved. Kudos to the Mentors and the Chaperones for doing such a wonderful job....
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 11:13pm PDT
Denton giving in to watching the students' skit (video/quicktime 12.7MB) Unsatisfied with more of Denton's ambiguous statements, students pull off a skit in front of her (Actual skit not filmed). Afterwards, Denton leaves surrounded by the voices of discontent from the crowd....
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 9:13pm PDT
Asking Questions About UCSC's Missing Journalism Program 
On June 7th, UC Santa Cruz students concerned about their missing journalism program asked questions of Bill Ladusaw, UCSC's Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education. Ladusaw seemed to place blame on UCSC's faculty for the loss of the journalism program, while dodging questions about the misappropriation of funds at the administrative level, including Chancellor Denice Denton's extravagant dog-run. Ladusaw encouraged students to seek support from faculty members and the academic sena...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 7:53pm PDT
Surprising Denton (video/quicktime 32.7MB) Students and workers fighting for diversity at UC Santa Cruz silently gather outside a meeting with Chancellor Denton inside and surprise her...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 4:13pm PDT
Students & Workers charge institutional racism & sexism; Demand affirmative diversity 
On Tuesday, June 6, coalitions of students and workers charged UCSC with institutional racism and sexism, declaring that seemingly passive and apolitical administrative practices and policies as well as subtle forms of racism and sexism have the effects of producing inequality, particularly for communities of color. Students and workers demanded affirmative diversity, arguing that for diversity not to be empty rhetoric, UCSC would need to provide infrastructural support for student initated o...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 11:41am PDT
UCSC Charged With Disadvantaging Students, Faculty and Workers of Color 
On June 6th, UC Santa Cruz students and workers held multiple rallies and confronted Chancellor Denice Denton to demand affirmative diversity on campus. Workers and students are charging UCSC with active institutional racism and sexism by sustaining hidden systematic policies and practices that have the effect of disadvantaging students, faculty and workers of color. Affirmative diversity means actively working against the status quo of institutional racism and sexism at UCSC. The Diversity C...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 1:43am PDT
Anglo students attack migrant youth in Vacaville Ms. Luz Cardona, a Migrant Education youth counselor
at Vaca High in Vacaville, reported this week that
sometime on Friday (June 2) afternoon a 16 year-old
migrant youth was beaten while in the bathroom
severely enough to be attended by a physician, by some
six anglo youths....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 10:18pm PDT
Recruiting Lives. Student documentary About Military Recruitment. (video/mpeg 27.6MB) This is a short documentary about military recruitment and counter-recruitment in colleges and high schools. About 6.5 minutes long in MP4 (QuickTime)....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:13pm PDT
Affirmative Diversity Talking Points STUDENTS AND WORKERS RALLY TO DEMAND AFFIRMATIVE DIVERSITY!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:05pm PDT
Students and Workers Rally to Demand Affirmative Diversity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2006...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 6:17pm PDT
Who Asked Us? Preschool Laid a Foundation A recent high school graduate remembers the base that his preschool years established for his academic career. John Springer is 18 years old and will be attending UCSD in the fall....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 9:01am PDT
Blame Affirmative Action's Demise for Black Student Drop-Off The gutting of affirmative action programs at many U.S. universities has resulted in a sharp decline in black enrollment. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a political analyst and social issues commentator, and the author of The Crisis in Black and Black (Middle Passage Press). The Hutchinson Report can also be read at http://www.earlofarihutchinson.blogspot.com....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:59am PDT
Polynesian Club at Balboa High School The Polynesian Club at Balboa High School under the Presidentship of Peter Vaovasa and fellow class mates Mapesone Galuega, Robert, McManus, Andrew Vai and others have continued to keep the fire burning and show casing the cultural values of all Polynesians. Year after year the Cultural Event grows better and thanks to the Balboa Principal, the teachers, and mentors....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:56am PDT
Five Days until Free Skool Deadline. 
Five Days until Free Skool Lummer Quarter Deadline....
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 7:41am PDT
June 3rd is Youth Empowerment Day WHAT: “Youth Empowerment Day” to Stop
“Pushouts” from School into Prison
WHEN: Saturday, June 3, 2006, 6pm to 9pm, Press
Conference: 7PM
WHERE: McClymonds Educational Complex , Peace Plaza,
2607 Myrtle Street (26th Street, between Adeline and
Market Streets)...
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 8:33pm PDT
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