By Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW and Vivian Bossieux-Skinner, KALW Summer TraineeIt’s been a while, but I’ve got a series of posts to share with you from...
Read MoreBy Mirella in conversation with Alejandro Espinoza, Alpha Parent Learning Center LeadACE Note: The Alpha Parent Learning Center (an ACE Learning Center) is about...
Read MoreBy Yoleida, as told to Alejandro Espinoza, Alpha Parent Learning Center LeadACE Note: The Alpha Parent Learning Center (an ACE Learning Center) is about supporting the...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, audience supported public media; and Victor Tence, Audio Academy 2020 Graduate The Audio Academy Class of 2020 graduates with a...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, audience supported public media; and Precious Green, Audio Academy ’20 Fellow We’re approaching graduation day for the Audio...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE Graduating seniors receive lots of advice, and the Class of 2020 has probably received more than any other class. With no physical...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, Audience Supported Public Media and Sona Avakian, Audio Academy Fellow ‘20 We’re getting close to graduation day for our...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot Arf. Arf. I’m loving this. The poets at San Francisco International High School went poetry slam. Each poet videoed their poem and...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot This is what I love about poetry – the examination of the heart and soul, and from that the realization of a personal truth. These...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, Audience Supported Public Media, and Sarah Lai Stirland, Audio Academy Fellow ‘20 On Monday, May 4, we learned the extraordinary...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot I’m running around in circles ➿➿➿ ‘cause we have a haiku poem in the winning group of ACE Poetry Contest poems from Alpha: José...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot There are all kinds of beasts out there (I know, ‘cause I’m a dog) and this poem identifies our current Big Beast – the coronavirus....
Read MoreBy Joycat, one of the Poetry Cats helping Contest Mascot Riley with the ACE Poetry Contest Meooow. That lousy virus has made it hard to manage school life and teaching,...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot I’m very excited because here are the first winners of the ACE Poetry Contest. They’re from one of my Alpha Public Schools too,...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, Audience Supported Public Media, and Joshua Sirotiak, Audio Academy ’20 Fellow Keep on keepin’ on. It’s what we’re...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, assisted by Martha Sessums, ACE President, who laughed when Riley licked her keyboard to clean it. What else could she do? Riley...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, assisted by Martha Sessums, ACE President, who is about to give up on keeping dog paw prints off her keyboard* Hi, it’s Riley. I’m...
Read MoreBy Poetry Cats, who sent in their blog copy via Google Docs so Martha’s keyboard stays clean, ‘cause Riley really messes it up Here we cats are – playing around with...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, Audience Supported Public Media and Julia Llinas Goodman, Audio Academy Fellow Quick note to start with: KALW is accepting...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, assisted by Martha Sessums, ACE President, still working on keeping her keyboard clean from pawprints We’re grounded. That’s what...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, assisted by Martha Sessums, ACE President, who hasn’t yet given up on keeping her keyboard clean from pawprints Arf, arf. We’re...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, assisted by Martha Sessums, ACE President, using a box of antiseptic wipes to clean paw prints off her keyboard Math is everywhere,...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, Audience Supported Public Media, and Christopher Egusa, Audio Academy Fellow I want to give a big shout out to the Audio Academy...
Read MoreBy Poetry Cats Sammie and Sheba, assisted by Paul Krivonos, ACE Board Member We are glad that Joycat and Mobilecat have jumped in to add their thoughts to the...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, assisted by Martha Sessums, ACE President, because Riley won’t wash his paws as often as he should and tries to use her keyboard...
Read MoreBy Poetry Cats, who sent in their blog copy via Google Docs so Martha’s keyboard stays clean, unlike when Riley uses it Riley’s a dog, which is great. He’s a wonderful...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, assisted by Martha Sessums, ACE President, because she’s tired of cleaning her keyboard after Riley uses it Nobody planned it, but...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Audience Supported Public Radio Our team has been working overtime to cover the coronavirus crisis. Our newsroom — a place that...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE Walls. They may keep your dog in your yard and the cattle off the road, but I am amazed at how they spring up between people. We are...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE Sometimes you have to flip things to understand them better. That’s what Oakland International High School (OIHS) does during their...
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