Education Today is a radio show hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein, and airs on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the Month.

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This week we take up the differences between what a left-leaning or progressive mayor does about economic development in contrast with a corporate Democrat.  And we use the case of Oakland’s late Mayor and former Congressman, Ron Dellums to sort out the issue.    In the second part of the show we hear about a bill going through the state legislature which will have an impact on the Oakland schools.

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The National Press has covered the service of Ronald V. Dellums as a Congressman and national leader since his death in late July.  Yet, few have reported on his work as Mayor of Oakland.   Today, Education Today will examine the impact of Dellums’ tenure as Mayor in the areas of education, police costs and behavior, public safety and related issues.

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We interview Jovanka Beckles, candidate for California Assembly District 15.  We ask her about some of the states’s biggest education issues.   For example, the State Board just agreed to allow another charter school to be built in Oakland; this charter’s application had already been rejected by the Oakland district.    Is there a problem with state law when districts are told to close existing schools and required to open schools they didn’t ask for?    California districts have few Latino teachers, and there really is no way for them to change this, because the state is in charge of deciding who gets to teach.  Can anything be done about this?  We get into this and many other questions.  We have invited the other candidate in this race; she has not responded.

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