Education
OUSD Creates List of Schools To Be Targeted for Closure
OUSD may be moving forward with closing more schools […]
Education
Education
Oakland Youth Artist Daria Belle Shares Her Artistic Process
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 […]
COVID-19
Back to School in Oakland: Perspectives from a Kindergarten, 3rd Grade Teacher, and Librarian
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 […]
COVID-19
Back to School in Oakland: High School Teachers Consider the Changes from Zoom to Classroom
from kindergarten through high school, share their experiences and perceptions, from classroom to Zoom and back again. […]
COVID-19
OUSD Adopts COVID Vaccine Mandate, with Details to Come
OUSD’s School will require students over 12 years old to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. […]
COVID-19
OUSD’s Back to School Plans
School starts next week, and the district has shared its plans for both COVID safety and supporting the mental well-being of students. In a recorded webinar, OUSD staff members share the overall plans and what […]
Education
Oakland Voices Alumnus Ryan Barba Attending UC Berkeley in the Fall
Oakland Voices alumnus (2017-2018 cohort) has been accepted to several UC’s, and will be attending Berkeley in the Fall. Barba is Editor-in-Chief at the Peralta Citizen at Laney College. Barba said, “being a high school […]
Arts & Culture
Oakland’s Melrose Branch Library Workers During COVID-19: Photo Essay by William Truong
Oakland School for the Arts Digital Media student William Truong shares photo essay on Melrose Branch of Oakland Public Libraries. […]
Education
Bringing the Political into the Classroom
“For the first time in my years of teaching, I taught “sedition,” “insurrection,” “coup d’état,” and “treason.”” […]
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. […]