Friday, June 18, 2010

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

Jesse Inclan and Candace Chang marry at Hillcrest School in Oakland, where they work. Courtesy photo.
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.

Oakland teacher wins national TFA award

By Katy Murphy
Thursday, June 17th, 2010 at 12:58 pm in middle schoolsspecial education,teachers
Meg Stewart, Bret Harte Middle School teacher and Teach For America corps memberMeg 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.
Here’s the news release, which has more background about her classroom and the other TFA winners: Read the rest of this entry »