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Two girls running on grass wearing black face masks.

OUSD’s New Mask Policy Starts Monday

March 18, 2022 Momo Chang

Starting next Monday, OUSD schools will not require masking while outdoors.

One Family’s Journey Through OUSD School Closures

February 17, 2022 Tony Daquipa

Ariel Lloud, mom of two children at Grass Valley and organizer with Reparations for Black Students, says she will leave OUSD when Grass Valley Elementary closes.

A banner that says "hands off our schools" in bold red letters in front of Oakland City Hall

School Closures Will Impact Oakland’s Most Vulnerable Students: Disproportionately Low-income, Special Education, and English Learners

February 8, 2022 Tony Daquipa

Update: On February 9, around 1 a.m., the OUSD school board passed a modified resolution that will close two schools this year: Parker K-8 and Community Day School. Brookfield Elementary, Grass Valley Elementary, Carl B.

students holding signs outside middle school saying "save us"

Oakland Students, Teachers, Community Mobilize to Oppose District Plan to Permanently Close Schools

February 2, 2022 Tony Daquipa

On a cold Monday night in the middle of a pandemic, almost two hundred members of the Manzanita Community School family and their allies gathered for a watch party on the school playground to witness

a map with red stars on different schools in Oakland.

OUSD Creates List of Schools To Be Targeted for Closure

January 26, 2022 Tony Daquipa

OUSD may be moving forward with closing more schools

a grey sweatshirt with the letters "OAL" in simple text and a black one on the right

Dope Only Sells Limited Edition Sweatshirts to Raise Funds for Oakland Athletic League

January 18, 2022 Brandy Collins

Beginning in January, Oakland Athletic League (OAL) is partnering with Dope Only Marketing, the creator of “Oakland, USA” t-shirts and sweatshirts, as seen worn by Daveed Diggs in the movie Blindspotting. “Oakland, USA” sweatshirts are

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Oakland Youth Artist Daria Belle Shares Her Artistic Process

January 18, 2022 Debora Gordon

Daria Belle exhibits her social justice and politically-themed art around the Bay Area, such as her recent participation with Artivate’s “Feminism Now.” The 16-year old high school sophomore lives in Oakland and attends school in

a wall outside a school that says "make oakland proud"

Oakland Students Call for Strike Next Week Over School Safety

January 15, 2022 Tony Daquipa

As I struggled trying to figure out how to host a Zoom meeting for the first time, the two 10th graders whom I was trying to interview sent me a link to a meeting that

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Back to School in Oakland: Perspectives from a Kindergarten, 3rd Grade Teacher, and Librarian

October 13, 2021 Debora Gordon

This article is part three of a three-part series sharing OUSD administrator and teacher perspectives to the start of in-person learning, including many lessons learned during 18 months of distance learning during COVID. (Read parts

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Back to School in Oakland: High School Teachers Consider the Changes from Zoom to Classroom

October 13, 2021 Debora Gordon

from kindergarten through high school, share their experiences and perceptions, from classroom to Zoom and back again.