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calendarSan Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking Open House & Screening of Student Films by Shelby Stricklin
San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking 2331 Third Street San Franicsco, CA 94107...
Event Date: Sun, Jun 25, 2006 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jun 23, 2006 2:04pm PDT
textCA Senate Committee Passes Bill to Defund Schools That Don’t Promote Transsexuality, Bisex by repost
this is reposted from a right-wing website, because they are the only ones who seem to have covered this vote...
Posted: Fri, Jun 23, 2006 10:46am PDT
textForum on Why to Lock More Oakland Youth in Cages by Education Not Incarceration
Oakland Citycouncilwoman Jane Brunner and Councilman Larry Reid are planning a forum to address this issue of "youth criminal activity", asking "Does it seem to you that when young people are picked up for illegal activity, they are back on the streets within hours? Are young people treated less seriously by the police and the criminal justice system?"...
Posted: Thu, Jun 22, 2006 10:12pm PDT
textSupport Oaxaca teachers on strike! (Videos + article) by bianca
Below is some raw fottage of what's happening....
Posted: Tue, Jun 20, 2006 9:53pm PDT
textBurning Cole: NeoCons Try To Silence Dissent And Maintain Control of Academia by Nation (reposted)
Neoconservatism is an elite calling. It thrives in think tanks, not union halls; its proponents want most of all to influence the powerful. No wonder Ivy League labels have always been important to neocons. This fixation on intellectual prestige explains the recent neocon uprising over the possibility that Juan Cole, scholar and blogger, would become a Yale professor. It was one thing for Cole to hold forth from the University of Michigan, where he has been a professor for twenty years. But Y...
Posted: Tue, Jun 20, 2006 7:36am PDT
textAll New Orleans Public School Teachers Fired, Federal Aid Channeled to Private Schools by Democracy Now (reposted)
Immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit, the Louisiana state legislature voted to take over most of New Orleans' public schools and effectively fire the 7,500 teachers who work in them. The city schools are now part of the state-run recovery school district and control of many of schools is being given to private charter organizations. We speak with a member of the United Teachers of New Orleans....
Posted: Tue, Jun 20, 2006 7:10am PDT
imageWhere were the Protestors when it counted
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by E.A. Barrera, Espresso Newspaper
Where were all the marchers when their voices mattered most? Why did so few liberals vote?...
Posted: Mon, Jun 19, 2006 10:07pm PDT
imageIn Oaxaca Mega-March, 400,000 Send A Firm No to the Repression by Governor Ortíz
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by NarcoNews (reposted)
Blockades and Occupations Throughout the State; San Blas Atempa Takes Back its Autonomous City Hall...
Posted: Sun, Jun 18, 2006 7:24pm PDT
audioIndynewswire: UCSC Diversity Coalition Rails Administrators (audio/mpeg 18.8MB) by Vinny
Segment from The Indynewswire Show covering June 6th student demo for diversity in student and faculty retention at UCSC campus. 20:33...
Posted: Sun, Jun 18, 2006 6:32pm PDT
textTesting Only Hurts Low-Income Students of Color Looking to Graduate by New American Media (reposted)
Every year in June, high school students don their sharpest outfits and pack school auditoriums to celebrate a key rite of passage: Graduation. The accomplishment typically generates so much excitement and pride in students, parents and teachers. That’s the way it should be....
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2006 9:46pm PDT
calendarEmergency Protest at Mexican Consulate - Support Mexican Teachers! by Karen Zapata
Mexican Counsulate 532 Folsom St....
Event Date: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jun 15, 2006 3:29pm PDT
textPanel Recommends Firing Ward Churchill by baloney
A University of Colorado committee recommended on Tuesday firing a professor who called some of the World Trade Center victims "little Eichmanns," citing repeated research misconduct....
Posted: Thu, Jun 15, 2006 1:30pm PDT
textDr. Martin Luther King Middle School in the Portola District in San Francisco by Francisco Da Costa
Solar is in and there is a lot of talk about it. It is nice when some organizations have been holding events to encourage youth to particpate and compete in events with Solar on their mind. It was fun going to such a Solar Event with the youth that were so well behaved and from San Francisco. The youth had a nice time but I must say the organizers put a lot of effort and fed the youth too besides giving me all some nice prizers. Kudos to the youth and the organizers....
Posted: Thu, Jun 15, 2006 10:45am PDT
textSchool Beat: Last Day Of School by Lisa Schiff‚, Beyond Chron (reposted)
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
textStand-off Continues as Oaxaca Teachers Strike enters Fourth Week by Narco News (reposted)
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
textA Girl's World? by bianca's friend
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
textMayor Gavin Newsom where do you stand on this one? by Francisco Da Costa
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
textBTL:Librarians Who Challenged Patriot Act Win Right To Speak Out by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
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
textPolynesian Youth Attend Retreat at South Lake Tahoe by Francisco Da Costa
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
videoDenton giving in to watching the students' skit (video/quicktime 12.7MB) by zoomzoom
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
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