The Education Report In the midst of a local contract dispute, some Oakland teachers, students turn to Sacramento

The Education Report

In the midst of a local contract dispute, some Oakland teachers, students turn to Sacramento

By Katy Murphy
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 at 3:25 pm in budget, high schools, state news, students
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About 40 Oakland parents, teachers and staff will ride their bikes to the state capitol on Saturday – in part, to call attention to the declining support for public education in California. Michael Barglow’s history class at Skyline also headed to Sacramento this week. His brother, Raymond Barglow, tells us how it went. -Katy

It’s one thing for California high school students to read or hear a lecture about how government works. It is quite another for them to experience this in person.

Shortly after 8 a.m. on May 4, a group of 45 students in Michael Barglow’s history class at Skyline High School boarded a charter bus headed for the state capitol.

Michael’s students had been preparing during the past week to meet with East Bay