East Bay

June 13, 2019

Bay Area school slated for 'redesign' gets new operating agreement

A commitment to save a California school includes a groundbreaking agreement between the teachers' union and school district.

June 7, 2019

Charter schools cost East Bay district nearly $1,000 per student, report asserts

Charter school association says report, commissioned by the West Contra Costa Unified School District, is “pure propaganda.”

May 21, 2019

Oakland Unified's budget woes now include loss of two fiscal officers

District is working with fiscal experts from the Alameda County Office of Education as it seeks an interim CFO to help stabilize financial practices.

May 15, 2019

‘Inconvenient truths’ missing from Oakland report on charter schools

Charter schools did not cause Oakland’s problems and preventing more students from choosing charter schools will not fix them, researchers say.

May 13, 2019

Saving Stege: What will it take to redesign this struggling California school?

The West Contra Costa Unified School District has embarked on an 18-month plan to redesign a struggling East Bay school. Will it succeed?

May 8, 2019

Oakland Unified offers critical view of charter schools to state task force

Oakland report on charter schools provides one of the most detailed portraits of their impact on a large urban district.

Louis Freedberg And Theresa Harrington

April 24, 2019

Oakland Unified may need $2 million more in budget cuts to give other employees same raise as teachers

Alameda County Office of Education analysis of district’s budget reveals shortfall if all unions get the same level salary increase as teachers.

April 23, 2019

Restorative justice among programs partially saved by Oakland City Council

Oakland Unified to receive $1.2 million from city to help reinstate cuts to Restorative Justice and Foster Youth programs, supplement library funding.

April 18, 2019

Teach for America targeted as legislation seeks to limit inexperienced teachers in California

Assemblywoman has introduced a bill that would ban some inexperienced teachers from schools with a high percentage of low-income students.

April 17, 2019

Rising rents in coastal California outpace teacher pay

Many, especially first-year teachers, are spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent, exceeding the federal cutoff for affordable housing.

Diana Lambert And Daniel J. Willis

April 4, 2019

Oakland Unified gets unprecedented help with fiscal practices

Alameda County Office of Education team steps in to train district staff and help implement fiscal stability procedures as chief business officer position is eliminated.

March 25, 2019

California school district among latest to change board elections to better reflect diversity of community

West Contra Costa Unified is one of the latest California school districts to agree to switch from at-large to by-district elections in 2020. The goal is to have the board reflect the community's diversity.