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August 12, 2022
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Some Unexpected Outcomes of the Pandemic: Katharine Davies Samway

February 25, 2022 Katharine Davies Samway 9

We asked our Oakland Voices alumni community members and correspondents: How has pandemic life changed your habits and your outlook? How have you navigated public spaces and health risks now that we are in a […]

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COVID-19

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

October 13, 2021 Debora Gordon 1

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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COVID-19

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

October 13, 2021 Debora Gordon 2

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

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COVID-19

Back to School in Oakland: A Board Member, Two Principals, and a Union Executive Board Member Share Their Perspectives

October 5, 2021 Debora Gordon 3

What back-to-school has been like so far this semester […]

Arts & Culture

Oakland’s Melrose Branch Library Workers During COVID-19: Photo Essay by William Truong

March 15, 2021 William Truong 0

Oakland School for the Arts Digital Media student William Truong shares photo essay on Melrose Branch of Oakland Public Libraries. […]

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COVID-19

Parenting During a Pandemic: Candase Chambers Says Lack of Peers and Sports Biggest Gap

November 24, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway 2

One Oakland mom says lack of peer interaction and sports one of the biggest gaps during distance learning. […]

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COVID-19

Talk of the Town: OUSD Teachers in a Distance Learning World (Part 2)

November 18, 2020 Debora Gordon 0

OUSD teachers share the challenges of distance learning, and what it would take to go back to the classroom. […]

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Education

Talk of the Town: OUSD Teachers in a Distance Learning World

November 10, 2020 Debora Gordon 2

Oakland Voices spoke with some teachers about the challenges and surprises of distance learning. […]

COVID-19

Parenting During a Pandemic: Oakland Mom, Malinda Bun, of Cambodian Street Food

November 10, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway 2

Managing distance learning with five children. […]

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COVID-19

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

November 5, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway 2

“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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Oakland Schools Closed and Port Shut Down To Protest Closures and Privatization 

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On Friday, April 29, the Oakland Education Association held a one-day strike to protest the Oakland Unified School District’s lack of an engagement process prior to deciding to permanently close eight schools and truncate two […]

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