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Education

OUSD Terminates Veteran Teacher, Allegedly for Protesting and Union Organizing, Amid Teacher Shortage

September 14, 2022 Debora Gordon 2

On the first day of school in the Oakland Unified School District, teacher Craig Gordon could not access his district email nor the substitute system, after having worked in the school district as a teacher […]

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COVID-19

COVID Cases Start to Drop but ICU Cases Remain High

January 28, 2021 Momo Chang 2

What you need to know about COVID in Oakland right now. […]

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COVID-19

Oakland COVID News: Playgrounds Can Be Open, Alameda County Cases Rise

December 10, 2020 Momo Chang 1

County ICU hospitalizations increase; Teachers push back on district’s re-opening plan; playgrounds can open […]

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COVID-19

OUSD has a targeted re-opening date of January 25, 2021, with many caveats

December 2, 2020 Momo Chang 0

OUSD has submitted its re-opening plan to the county, including a targeted re-opening date for January 25, 2021 for lower grades. […]

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COVID-19

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

November 18, 2020 Debora Gordon 1

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. […]

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COVID-19

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

August 25, 2020 Tony Daquipa 2

“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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COVID-19

COVID-19 cases rise in Oakland’s Fruitvale

August 14, 2020 Iris Crawford 1

Amid coronavirus, teachers reach tentative deal and police say crime on the rise. […]

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Education

Oakland Activists Call For “Ed Equity or Else”

August 11, 2020 Tony Daquipa 0

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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COVID-19

Educators Propose Safety Precautions As OUSD Seeks To Reopen Some Preschools Next Week

July 16, 2020 Tony Daquipa 0

OUSD needs to successfully negotiate Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with seven labor unions before school of any type can resume. […]

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It was an incredible night for the Oakland Tech family. The culmination of “Swish Week” at the North Oakland public school last Friday night was historic and celebratory. With new paint on the gym walls, […]

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