By Momo Chang Posted January 28, 2021 10:40 am
What you need to know about COVID in Oakland right now.
By Momo Chang Posted December 10, 2020 9:13 am
County ICU hospitalizations increase; Teachers push back on district's re-opening plan; playgrounds can open
By Momo Chang Posted December 2, 2020 12:42 pm
OUSD has submitted its re-opening plan to the county, including a targeted re-opening date for January 25, 2021 for lower grades.
By Debora Gordon Posted November 18, 2020 4:03 pm
OUSD teachers share the challenges of distance learning, and what it would take to go back to the classroom.
By Debora Gordon Posted November 10, 2020 5:34 pm
Oakland Voices spoke with some teachers about the challenges and surprises of distance learning.
By Tony Daquipa Posted August 25, 2020 8:34 am
"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.”[Read more]
Filed under COVID-19 , Education , News
Tagged bargaining , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , distance learning , Education , essential workers , jobs , Keith Brown , OEA , OUSD , Teachers , union
By Iris Crawford Posted August 14, 2020 9:59 am
Amid coronavirus, teachers reach tentative deal and police say crime on the rise.
Filed under COVID-19 , News
Tagged Aeronabs , African , Alameda County Public Health Department , COVID-19 , crime , essential worker , Latinx , Noel Gallo , oakland , Oakland Education Association , Oakland Police , Oakland Unified School District , OEA , technology
By Tony Daquipa Posted August 11, 2020 6:00 am
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.
By Tony Daquipa Posted July 16, 2020 2:24 pm
OUSD needs to successfully negotiate Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with seven labor unions before school of any type can resume.
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Tagged AFSCME , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Education , OEA , OUSD , preschools , schools , Teachers , unions
By Momo Chang Posted July 16, 2020 9:32 am
Oakland now has 3,259 positive COVID-19 cases. Alameda County is at 8,478 cases (data as of July 14), nearly doubling the number of cases from just a month ago (there were 4,390 cases on June[Read more]
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Tagged bargaining , COVID-19 , Oakland Schools , OEA , OUSD , school , students , Teachers , union