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.
Education
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.
Parenting During a Pandemic: Oakland Mom, Malinda Bun, of Cambodian Street Food
Managing distance learning with five children.
Parenting During a Pandemic: Oakland Mom Dina Kenna Says Services for Autistic Child Are Limited
"It shouldn’t be a struggle. I shouldn’t have to go through no sleep and a migraine because I have a child with autism." - Dina Kenna, parents of two elementary-school children.
What is Oakland’s Measure Y? A video explainer by Tony Daquipa and Ashley McBride
if passed, what would Oakland's new school bond measure do?
Alameda County in Red Tier; OUSD likely won’t open classrooms before Jan 2021
While we move to the red tier, for now, OUSD schools will continue distance learning through the end of 2020.
Free Meals for all Oakland Students; Mayor’s Town Hall on Distance Learning Today
Starting today, the meals will again be open to all Oakland students, including those attending charters and schools outside of Oakland.
CA Dept. of Education May Reverse Course and Reinstate Arab American Studies in Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum
After deleting all references to Arab American Studies and Pacific Islander Studies in the CA Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC), the state is likely to reinstate both in the next revised version of the curriculum.
Oakland Unified and Teachers’ Union Come to Agreement on Distance Learning
"We will continue to work to improve crisis distance learning and organize to get the funding and resources for a safe school reopening. We have an opportunity to make schools better than they were pre-COVID.”[Read more]
