Back to School in Oakland: High School Teachers Consider the Changes from Zoom to Classroom
from kindergarten through high school, share their experiences and perceptions, from classroom to Zoom and back again.
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Back to School in Oakland: A Board Member, Two Principals, and a Union Executive Board Member Share Their Perspectives
What back-to-school has been like so far this semester
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: Dana Bergen Shares an Anti-Zionist Jewish Perspective
We felt the need for it to be clear that not all Jews support or defend what Israel does and those organizations don’t speak for all of us.
OUSD’s Restorative Justice: A Portal to Possibility
Oakland Voices correspondent Debora Gordon chats with 9 Restorative Justice leaders in OUSD.
Prisoner and Accomplished Writer Jermon Clark Shares His Story
An Oakland man is seeking healing through writing.
Bringing the Political into the Classroom
"For the first time in my years of teaching, I taught “sedition,” “insurrection,” “coup d’état,” and “treason.""
OUSD Teachers in a Distance Learning World (Part 2)
OUSD teachers share the challenges of distance learning, and what it would take to go back to the classroom.
OUSD Teachers in a Distance Learning World
Oakland Voices spoke with some teachers about the challenges and surprises of distance learning.
Talk of the Town: New Citizens Voting for the First Time
Hear from three first-time Oakland voters: longtime immigrants who gained their citizenship status in the last year, in part, to be able to vote.
Seven OUSD teachers give sneak peek of first week of school
7 OUSD teachers respond to distance learning, and what the first week of school might look like.