The Education Report Here comes the bride … to the schoolyard

The Education Report

Here comes the bride … to the schoolyard

By Katy Murphy
Thursday, June 17th, 2010 at 7:55 pm in elementary schools, teachers
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Talk about an exciting last day of school. Teachers Candace Chang and Jesse Inclan decided to tie the knot this morning at the place where they fell in love: Hillcrest School in Oakland.

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Oakland teacher wins national TFA award

By Katy Murphy
Thursday, June 17th, 2010 at 12:58 pm in middle schools, special education,teachers
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Meg Stewart, a second-year special education teacher at Bret Harte Middle School (East Oakland’s Laurel neighborhood), is one of four Teach For America members in the United States to win the Sue Lehmann Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Go Ms. Stewart! Way to represent Oakland.

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