Demonstrators Call for UC Campus to Benefit Richmond
News Report • Keisa Reynolds | Photos • David Meza Close residents rallied in front of City Hall on June 4 to support a community benefits agreement for the...
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Jun
02
Jun
UC President Urges State To Fund Expanded Enrollment
Question & Answer, Sandy Close | New America Media One of occasional series of NAM interviews with UC President Janet Napolitano. ...
24
May
Q&A: How Principal Evans Helped De Anza Set the Gold Standard
Interview • Malcolm Marshall EDITOR’S NOTE: Richmond’s De Anza High School recently received a Gold Ribbon Schools Award from the California Department of Education. The award recognizes schools that have...
08
May
What Are Students Eating? A Teen Research Team Looks To Find Out
By Chanelle Ignant A team of high school students from across the West Contra Costa Unified School District is asking: "What are we eating?" Teens from the nonprofit group YES...
04
May
Firebrand: How a San Pablo Mom Became an Education Advocate
By Edgardo Cervano-Soto On Jan. 6, 2015, Petronila Fernandes’ son, a kindergarten student at J.O. Ford Elementary, felt ill during school. When she checked in on him during the day, Fernandes...
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Apr
Students Weigh In On School Spending Priorities
Compiled By David Meza At a recent town hall meeting, West Contra Costa Unified School District students had the chance to give their direct input into how educational money should be...
08
Apr
When Richmond Men Read, Kids Listen
By Nancy DeVille When Ron Shaw stood up to read the children's book, "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears," his audience -- second-graders at North Richmond's Verde Elementary School -- stared,...
19
Mar
Who Will Benefit From Berkeley Campus at Richmond Bay?
By Melvin Willis | Photo by Alice Kantor A new UC Berkeley campus being planned for Richmond must take into account the needs of the city’s residents. That’s the message the...
19
Mar
Farewell, Ferrari: A Star Falls At Richmond High
Leer en Español By Joanna Pulido It was a chilly night in February at the North Coast Section Division II boys soccer championship, and there was Richmond High School computer graphics and...
07
Mar
New Charter Schools to Open in Fall
By Nancy DeVille Two new charter schools focusing on technology, high graduation rates and college readiness will open near Hilltop Mall this fall, and are taking applications now. Aspire Public Schools will...
13
Feb
“Focusing on the Youth” – Q&A with Kyra Worthy of For Richmond
Interview, Vernon Whitmore EDITORS NOTE: Kyra Worthy is the Executive Director of Chevron backed non-profit For Richmond, an organization dedicated to uniting the community and taking active steps toward tackling...
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Jan
The College Myth: Why Most Students Need More Than Four Years
by Joanna Pulido The teacher smiled and held a hat as a line of about a dozen students looked at each other nervously. Inside the hat were small pieces of paper...
Down a Player: How a High School Coach and Basketball Team is Carrying on in the Wake of a Homicide
News Feature, Chanelle Ignant At a Friday night basketball game in late November, Richmond High School’s boys basketball coach, Robert Collins, paced the sidelines, yelling instructions to his team. With less than...
26
Nov
A Glimpse of the Globe
by Monet Boyd I always wanted to travel the world, and this summer I got the chance. It was my junior year at El Cerrito High School, and a friend nominated me...
24
Oct
A School Lunch I’d Gladly Eat
Commentary, Sean Shavers | Video, Ann Bassette When I was in high school in Oakland, I never really questioned the cafeteria menu, I just knew that I wasn’t eating it because...
