COMMUNICATIONS and Public Affairs
ACOE In the News: Archive
A Civil Rights Icon's Story
Feb 15 2012, Oakland Tribune
Years before "Yes we can" hit the mainsream and helped usher in the country's 44th president, a migrant farm worker used the "Si se puede" chant to help unite thousands of fellow workers to form one of the country's first farmworkers unions.
After-school programs can add value to a child's education
Jan 23 2012, Oakland Tribune
Quality after-school programming is a winning strategy for students, families and schools.
Voters to face tough choices on budget
Jan 8 2012, San Francisco Chronicle
Sacramento--Gov. Jerry Brown's budget plan released last week poses a stark choice for Californians: approve a five-year $35 billion tax increase in November or watch the hatchet drop on public school funding--with cuts so deep the school year could be shortened by almost a month.
Teacher Honored for Creation of National Science Day
Dec 16 2011, Tri-City Voice
Fremont USD science teacher Clyde Mann honored for creating National Science Day.
East Bay school foundations receive education grants
Dec 6 2011, Tri-City Voice
$245,000 in grants awarded to 17 East Bay school foundations.
Environmental Stewardship Through Service Learning
Dec 1 2011, Oakland Tribune
The Service-Learning Waste Reduction Project in Alameda County, CA provides guidance and impetus for school efforts to combine service and environmental education.
Environmental Stewardship through Service Learning
Dec 1 2011, Principal Leadership
The Service-Learning Waste Reduction Project in Alameda County, CA provides guidance and impetus for school efforts to combine service and environmental education.
EXPO will offer technology tips to households
Nov 18 2011, Oakland Tribune
Washington Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Elizabeth "Liza" Young helps one of her Washington Elementary Students with her lessons.
Honoring Devotion to their Students
Oct 8 2011, Valley Times
Tom Collett is a former football player and coach who uses his passion for magic to complement his students' science lessons at Newark Junior High. Karen McMahon taught in New York for eight years and then worked in human resources for an additional 15 before returning to teaching at Horizon Continuation High School in Pleasanton.
Local Teachers To Be Honored
Oct 5 2011, Daily Review
Local teachers will be honored Thursday night at the 22nd annual Alameda County Teacher of the Year Awards ceremony.
Emery schools emerge from state takeover, September 15, 2011 Oakland Tribune
Sep 15 2011, Oakland Tribune
State debt no longer hangs over the Emery school district. Ten years after it received a $1.3 million emergency loan to pay its bills, the tiny school system has cut its last check to the State Controller's Office, marking the official end of a decadelong state takeover and the mismanagement that triggered it.
National Arts in Education Week
Sep 15 2011, Oakland Tribune
To celebrate National Arts in Education Week, a wide range of arts events and activities will take place this weekend. The classes, concerts, demonstrations and more were coordinated by the San Francisco Bay Area National Arts in Education Week Planning Committee, which represents many of the local arts education organizations.
ACOE - A natural place for creative ideas to develop and mature
Sep 1 2011, Oakland Business Review
Over the last several years, public education has experienced a dramatic shift in not only the content of what's taught in the classrooms, but also in how it's taught.
Education Job Fair Held in Alameda County
Aug 18 2011, CBS 5
The Alameda County Office of Education held its first annual job fair on Thursday, with special education teachers in high demand.
Castro Valley Schools Get Anti-Tobacco Money
Jul 20 2011, Oakland Tribune
The Castro Valley Unified School District will receive some help from the state in its effort to keep students from lighting up.
11th Hour Law Stops Teacher Layoffs
Jul 9 2011, San Francisco Chronicle
School officials across the state are frustrated and puzzled by a bill crafted in private and passed in the final hour of the Legislature's budget debate that strips districts of their ability to lay off teachers and forces them to spend money they might want to save for a rainy day.
