In the fading sunlight just before the kick-off for football’s season opener at the “School of Champions,” McClymonds High School paid tribute to the greatest Warrior of all, basketball immortal and social justice activist Bill […]
Parker Community School activists have been engaged in a sit-in protest at a former OUSD school since it was permanently shuttered on May 25. Former Parker students and other students from the larger community attended […]
In one East Oakland neighborhood, school isn’t out for summer. Fifteen days after public education advocates started a sit-in on the nearly 100 year-old campus of Parker K-8 school, classes are back in session for […]
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 […]
There was ample sunshine, a lot of cameras (including a drone), some people wearing business suits, a homegrown NBA basketball player, and a hint of irony after school on the last day before spring break […]
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. […]
OUSD may be moving forward with closing more schools […]
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 […]
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 […]
from kindergarten through high school, share their experiences and perceptions, from classroom to Zoom and back again. […]
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