Education Archives - Page 7 of 12

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Parenting During a Pandemic: Oakland Mom Dina Kenna Says Services for Autistic Child Are Limited

November 5, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway

“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.

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What is Oakland’s Measure Y? A video explainer by Tony Daquipa and Ashley McBride

October 26, 2020 Oakland Voices

if passed, what would Oakland’s new school bond measure do?

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Alameda County in Red Tier; OUSD likely won’t open classrooms before Jan 2021

September 24, 2020 Momo Chang

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

September 3, 2020 Momo Chang

Starting today, the meals will again be open to all Oakland students, including those attending charters and schools outside of Oakland.

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CA Dept. of Education May Reverse Course and Reinstate Arab American Studies in Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum

September 1, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway

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.

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Oakland Unified and Teachers’ Union Come to Agreement on Distance Learning

August 25, 2020 Tony Daquipa

“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.” – OEA President Keith Brown

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Oakland Activists Call For “Ed Equity or Else”

August 11, 2020 Tony Daquipa

Oakland Voices chats with four activists who attended the ““Ed Equity or Else” National Day of Resistance against calls from the Federal government to prematurely reopen schools.

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Alameda County will pay those with COVID to stay home; OUSD trying address tech gap

August 6, 2020 Momo Chang

OUSD schools and the district are offering to fill the technology gap, including loaning out Chromebooks and WiFi hotspots, while the clock is ticking closer to first day of school on August 10.

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Seven OUSD teachers give sneak peek of first week of school

August 5, 2020 Debora Gordon

7 OUSD teachers respond to distance learning, and what the first week of school might look like.

OUSD Board of Education Supports California Draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Including Arab American Studies, But May be Cut from State Curriculum

July 29, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway

OUSD supports Arab American studies, but CA Dept of Education may cut it out of the Ethnic Studies curriculum.