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Wendy Reyes/Last Thursday, the union representing nearly 3,000 Oakland public school teachers and staff, went on strike. This followed the collapse of last-minute negotiations between the union and the Oakland Unified School District over a new contract. -
Valarie Bachelor/A year ago, the Oakland Unified School District voted to close several schools, citing declining enrollment. In January, they voted to reverse the decision.
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Andrew Saintsing/Naturalist Trent Pearce leads KALW Andrew Saintsing on a walk through Tilden Nature Area and shares why he loves his job and the great outdoors.
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Science Friday's host Ira Flatow explores complex scientific concepts of everything from galaxies far away, to the everyday things, like sourdough. Now the show joins the new KALW programming lineup. Ira joined KALW's Hana Baba recently for a chat.
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Carolina Cuadros/We are currently living in the aftershocks of the stolen year– the quarantine and lockdown. The abundance of loneliness led many people to struggle with their mental health. We have repeatedly heard the context from reporters, government officials, and education experts, but today, we are going to listen from teenagers themselves.
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United Educators San Francisco/United Educators San Francisco is the union representing public school teachers and paraeducators. They just reached a tentative agreement with the San Francisco Unified School District, an agreement that includes more prep time and a six-percent salary increase – the first in four years.
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The “clean girl aesthetic” is part lifestyle, part looks but it isn’t attainable for everyone. Elise Muchowski takes a look into algorithms and how they control the trends we see online. -
For many teens across the nation, the sex ed curriculum doesn't yet reflect an inclusive perspective of sexuality and gender. Especially for those with a relatively obscure sexuality, like asexuality. Our next story comes from George Reitan, a high school sophomore in San Francisco who wants that to change.
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During the pandemic lockdowns, teenagers like Cassidy Kanner-Gomes started thinking a lot more about gender identity. Cassidy brings us the story about celebrating the freedom of the queer identity.
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Today, we visit a bookstore that’s founded on a mission to serve the community. Then, from our team at Uncuffed, we’ll hear about the powerful and inspirational songs incarcerated producers turned to during the first year of the pandemic. And, a reading from author Zara Stone.
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When CCSF announced it would cut Cantonese classes, three students began organizing to push for a permanent place for Cantonese at CCSF.
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The Mills College Board of Trustees recently announced that 2023 would be the last graduating class. Pres. Elizabeth Hillman talks about future plans for Mills and reactions from those taking legal action to save the school.
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California’s public schools can tap into $6.6 billion in a plan Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Friday to try to pressure districts to reopen classrooms…
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California’s public schools could tap into $6.6 billion from the Legislature if they return to in-person instruction by the end of March, according to a…
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Kids across the Bay Area are eagerly awaiting a return to in-person learning, and for some this could come sooner rather than later. Students in one…
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The Movement For Student Debt Forgiveness Is Pushing President Biden To Expand ReliefOn this edition of Your Call, we discuss the movement to cancel student debt. More than 43 million borrowers owe a collective $1.7 trillion in student…
