On Tuesday, July 22, 2008 members of the Kids First Coalition and concerned young people visited the Oakland City Council to take a stand on increasing funding for youth programming in the City. This meeting was in support of a compromise to the Kids First 2! measure which is in the process of being verified for the Oakland ballot. The compromise was crafted by Council Member Jean Quan to address both the need for increased youth fundi… Continue

California's State Department of Education released data on the current drop out rate. According to reports nearly 1 in 4 of California's 6.3 million students drop out of school.
Could it be related to California ranking 46th at per pupil spending in the nation?
These stats vary from district to district to district, no doubt affecting low income communities disproportionately. O… Continue