Urban faculty reflects on reformed grading system
Ben Katznelson, News Editor
May 21, 2020
With Urban’s shift to virtual school, significant changes have been necessary to alleviate students’ and teachers’ stress. As such, Geoff Ruth, Academic Dean, announced on April 16 that Urban’s grading system had been overhauled for the spring term. In his email, Ruth described the new grading...
Rethinking the Reader
Maya Campbell, Staff Writer
February 4, 2020
With forty years of history, Readers have become a staple in the Urban Curriculum. Teachers are continuously adapting Readers to fulfill students’ needs, but is it time for Readers to take another step forward? With the rising awareness of climate change and global warming, should Urban consider digital...
Urban’s newest author: Shafia Zaloom
Callum Yeaman, Staff Writer
October 28, 2019
While the #metoo movement rises and sexual assault becomes one of the most prevalent issues in the United States today, only 50% of high schools require sexual education for their students. Shafia Zaloom, an Urban health education teacher and consultant, seeks to address this issue. Her new book, “Se...
Agreement reached after Oakland teacher strike, but is it enough?
Sydney Riemer, Staff Writer
May 7, 2019
On Feb. 22, 2018, West Virginia teachers began a strike that would last 14 days and inspire a nationwide wave of teacher strikes in Colorado, Arizona, Oklahoma, North Carolina and California that would continue into 2019. Oakland teachers walked out of school on Feb. 20, 2019 and began a seven-day stri...
Inside teacher offices
Lena Bianchi, Design Editor
January 11, 2019
Have you ever wondered what the inside of a teacher’s office looks like? Do their offices match their personalities? Watch this video highlighting a few stories behind Urban teacher offices.
Jennifer Starkweather’s artist residency comes to an end
Zoe Lusk, Caboose Editor
November 2, 2018
Throughout the past year, Urban art teacher Jennifer Starkweather and her frequent collaborator Amanda Hughen have not only been working their day jobs, but they have also been engaged in a special environment-focused artist residency at Recology. Recology is the private company th...
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