By Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, Listener Supported Public Radio We just got some extremely exciting news at KALW. Uncuffed, the show produced out of our prison...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE This can be a lovely time of year when we connect with family, share stories about the year’s events and eat pie and cookies. I spent...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, Listener Supported Public Radio Over the last two weeks, our team has been honored with 17 awards from the San Francisco Press Club...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, Listener Supported Public Radio It’s awards season for Bay Area journalists, and this is a big one for KALW. On Thursday, many...
Read MoreThe Alpha Parent Learning Center supports parents of students in the Alpha School District not just with English as a second language, but also to provide the...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, Listener Supported Public Radio Last week, we brought our Audio Academy fellows over to our new Oakland offices at StudioToBe for a...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Listener Supported Public Radio On Wednesday night, I had the absolute pleasure of leading a seminar for the Audio Academy class of...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE There are a large number of students in the literacy programs at San Francisco International High School’s (SFIHS) ACE Learning Center...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE I am always inspired by the dedicated educators and students at Oakland International High School (OIHS). It was one of the first ACE...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio, and the Audio Academy Class of 2020 This week, KALW’s Audio Academy class of 2020 gets started. We’ll have...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio The San Francisco Unified School District just launched its academic year, and KALW reporters and trainees are...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE ACE Learning Centers make a difference. Each year more students and their parents learn better English, math, computer and other key...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE For 30-plus years of ACE’s 51-year history, George Maloney – called Chip by most everyone – was there for ACE. He joined the ACE Board...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW and Lisa Wang, KALW Audio Academy Graduate It’s been a busy summer! Here are KALW, we recently completed a 14-episode run of...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE After nine months of work, the KALW Audio Academy Class of 2019 graduated on Tuesday, June 17. As Ben Trefny, KALW News Director,...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW and JoAnn DeLuna, Audio Academy ’19 Fellow As we wind down toward the end of our time with the Audio Academy class of 2019,...
Read MoreBy Thor, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Oxford Day Academy And I thought our Oxford Day Academy (ODA) students wrote epic poems. Wait until you read the winning poems...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW and Porfirio Rangel, Audio Academy Fellow Our Audio Academy fellows have less than a month left before graduation, and they’re...
Read MoreBy Samosa, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Oakland International High School The thing about poems Is they can take time To tell a story With nary a rhyme. So here are our...
Read MoreBy Thor, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Oxford Day Academy We have epic Oxford Day Academy (ODA) ACE Poetry Contest winners with epic poems. Poems about the future. Poems...
Read MoreBy Hei Hei, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, San Francisco International High School I’m running in circles for the poetry from the 11th graders at San Francisco...
Read MoreBy Hei Hei, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, San Francisco International High School I’m so proud of my San Francisco International High School (SFIHS) poets. In true SFIHS...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Alpha Public Schools While National Poetry Month may be over, the thirst for learning at Alpha Parent Learning Center is never...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Alpha Public Schools How do I love thee poems? Let me count the ways. I love thee for the 30 days in April when we ACE Poetry...
Read MoreBy Hei Hei, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, San Francisco International High School, and Haibin Yu Yu, Student, SFIHS We ACE Poetry Contest Mascots know about poetry – that...
Read MoreBy ACE Poetry Contest Mascots – Riley, Alpha Public Schools; Hei Hei, San Francisco International High School; Samosa, Oakland International High School; and Thor,...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Alpha Public Schools It’s best to be a dog ‘cause treats fall when humans jog and it’s best to snag ‘em quick and when those treats...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Alpha Public Schools We’re mid-way through National Poetry Month, and the students at the ACE Learning Center schools are learning...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Alpha Public Schools In this month of April, poets are everywhere. Teachers at the ACE Learning Center schools are teaching...
Read MoreBy Thor, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Oxford Day Academy I love poetry. That’s why I’m an ACE Poetry Contest Mascot. I love the thunder of poems, the strength of their...
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