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Education
Distance Learning, Halfway Across the World: Photo Essay By Cadence Patrick
Oakland School for the Arts Digital Media student Cadence Patrick shares photo essay on moving across the globe during the pandemic.
Oakland’s Melrose Branch Library Workers During COVID-19: Photo Essay by William Truong
Oakland School for the Arts Digital Media student William Truong shares photo essay on Melrose Branch of Oakland Public Libraries.
Bringing the Political into the Classroom
"For the first time in my years of teaching, I taught “sedition,” “insurrection,” “coup d’état,” and “treason.""
Oakland COVID News: Playgrounds Can Be Open, Alameda County Cases Rise
County ICU hospitalizations increase; Teachers push back on district's re-opening plan; playgrounds can open
OUSD has a targeted re-opening date of January 25, 2021, with many caveats
OUSD has submitted its re-opening plan to the county, including a targeted re-opening date for January 25, 2021 for lower grades.
Parenting During a Pandemic: Candase Chambers Says Lack of Peers and Sports Biggest Gap
One Oakland mom says lack of peer interaction and sports one of the biggest gaps during distance learning.
Talk of the Town: 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.
Fremont High, a school re-built with love, community, and bond measure money
An East Oakland school that formerly resembled a prison, according to some, now has a state-of-the-art campus.
Talk of the Town: OUSD Teachers in a Distance Learning World
Oakland Voices spoke with some teachers about the challenges and surprises of distance learning.
