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Education

With Brookfield Elementary’s Fate Uncertain, Parents Wait in Limbo

December 15, 2022 Tony Daquipa 0

During a recent community meeting at Brookfield Elementary school, Oakland Unified School District’s Director of Continuous Improvement, Jen Corn, let parents know that the district’s enrollment system will not allow them to enroll their children […]

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Oakland Voices Alumni Spotlight: Debora Gordon

December 12, 2022 Oakland Voices 0

Oakland Voices has trained dozens of community journalists over the years. We caught up with one of our alumna, Debora Gordon. In our last update about Gordon, we mentioned that she published a children’s book. As […]

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Education

Teacher at Madison Park Academy, Site of a Alleged Accidental School Shooting, Speaks Out

November 8, 2022 Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross 1

On August 29, at the beginning of this school year, there was a shooting on campus at Madison Park Academy, a middle school in the East Oakland flatlands. One student allegedly brought a gun and […]

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Education

Questions Remain About August 4 Incident at Shuttered East Oakland’s Parker K-8 School

November 2, 2022 Tony Daquipa 1

Throughout most of the past decade, Azlinah Tambu had been active as a parent at Parker K-8 school in East Oakland. She always participated in the bake sales and resource giveaways held on the campus […]

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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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2022 Elections

2022 Election: What Oakland voters want for OUSD

September 9, 2022 Tony Daquipa and Ashley McBride 0

Residents with a direct stake in Oakland schools share their thoughts about this year’s school board races. Oakland Unified School District has been among the most chronically challenged districts in the Bay Area. Years of […]

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Education

The Spirit of Bill Russell Kicks Off McClymonds’ New Season

September 6, 2022 Bill Joyce 1

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 […]

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Education

Private Security Guards Allegedly Injure Parker Community School Activists

August 8, 2022 Tony Daquipa 1

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 […]

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Education

Community Advocates Have Taken Over Parker K-8, Oakland School Slated for Closure

June 9, 2022 Tony Daquipa 6

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 […]

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Education

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

May 1, 2022 Tony Daquipa 0

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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November 23, 2022 1

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