Education

Richmond leaders hail completion of J.O. Ford Elementary construction project

City and school district officials joined more than 100 residents and students to officially open the new facilities at J.O. Ford Elementary School in Richmond...

RAW Talent students perform poetry about incarceration in “From the Pen to the Page”

Poetry comes from the heart, and whether that heart is imprisoned by the mind or cold steely bars, what’s scribbled down on paper can make...

Richmond High competes in E-Bike Challenge

On Thursday afternoon at Richmond High School’s football stadium, the air was filled with cheers and applause as racers took their mark on the track...

Bay Area Storytelling Festival comes to Richmond

The laughter of more than 100 children echoed through the auditorium of the Craneway Pavillion in Richmond, where students in third to sixth grade gathered...

Foster month kicks off with laptop giveaway

Richmond High graduate Bernard Naquin, 19, won’t have to look too far to find a computer these days. The Contra Costa County teenager and Diablo...

Berkeley students present findings at North Richmond community meeting

North Richmond is a unique Bay Area community poised for growth and investment in the coming years. But it’s also saddled with a history of...

Richmond YouthWORKS program gets new facility

The construction won’t be complete until June, but staff at the Richmond YouthWORKS program are already excited about taking ownership of a new 13-room facility...

College program assists high school dropouts

Contra Costa College has received a $325,000 grant from the Gateway to College National Network to implement a small learning community model for high school...

Weekends in Richmond: Celebrating literacy

On Sunday, hundreds of children and adults filled Richmond’s Civic Center Plaza to celebrate the importance of literacy at the third annual Richmond Tales Family...

Local nonprofits report progress made in education and employment with Chevron support

Chevron Corp. invested $1 million in seven nonprofits focused on improving science and math education and enhancing economic development in Richmond. On Wednesday, about more...

Career Day at Nystrom Magnet Elementary School

Only about a third of the Nystrom Magnet Elementary School cafeteria was filled with students at Friday’s career fair. But where the event was short...

Earth Day in North Richmond is about honoring past, looking to future

More than 100 residents and activists turned out in force to work and celebrate Earth Day in North Richmond on Saturday. But they had a...

Postponed: North Richmond youth forum held off after recent violence

A youth forum in North Richmond has been postponed in light of a deadly shooting Tuesday in front of a corner store a few blocks...