Latina student says school gardens aren’t racist
October 12, 2010 • Green & Gold staff
Filed under Opinion
Gardens do not cultivate failure, instead they provide a nice environment, organic food, and teach students valuable skills. Caitlin Flanagan, a famous American writer and social critic, wrote an article in the Jan./ Feb. “Atlantic Monthly,” saying gardens are racist because they teach Hispanic... Read more »
Teachers who do well deserve more pay
April 21, 2010 • Green & Gold Staff
Filed under Opinion
The Oakland Unified School District and the teachers therein have been unsuccessfully negotiating a new contract for nearly two years. The district says that it doesn’t have enough money to give teachers a raise and has proposed a zero percent raise to teachers. Teachers say the district is just... Read more »
CELDT waste of time, disorganized
December 18, 2009 • Juan Ramos
Filed under Opinion
I was shocked and infuriated when I was informed that I would have to take the California English Language Development Test. I have been attending the Bay Area Urban Debate League for over a year. I even obtained fifth place speaker for the entire Oakland Varsity division. In debate, I speak English... Read more »
Say What? No Prom? No Way!
December 18, 2009 • Makender Jean-Philippe
Filed under Opinion
Seniors at Fremont Federation might not have their prom this year. The problem is the fact that no one wants to take responsibility for taking care of the task needed for the prom to be in existence. Yes, it is true the juniors also would not have a prom. But it’s a bigger deal for seniors because... Read more »
Taking the test seriously paid off
September 6, 2009 • Makender Jean-Philippe
Filed under Opinion
If you walk in to Media Academy, you will see that the teachers are really happy. The reason for this happiness is that last year Media students increased their CST scores and that in turn helped make the school a little better, especially because we’d heard threats that the school would be closed... Read more »
API school ranking ignores Media Academy merit
July 14, 2009
Filed under Opinion
As a student at Media Academy, I can truly say my school is underrepresentedby the state’s Academic Performance Index. We are seen by the state as a “1:1″ school, which is the lowest ranking a school can get. This means that Media is in the bottom 10 percent of schools on standardized... Read more »
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