One in five homeless students in Oakland not attending online class
High rates of Oakland's homeless, foster, and new immigrant students have dropped out from online learning.
Tag Archives: OUSD
Playgrounds now open; indoor dining allowed starting October 26
More businesses and activities, including indoor ones, allowed to re-open during COVID pandemic, but is it a good idea when flu season is starting?
“Hustle & Play” workbook focuses on reflection and comes with a community
"2020 was an unusual time to have a planner. The world that we had become accustomed to came to a halt and there were no plans to be made."
Alameda County in Red Tier; OUSD likely won’t open classrooms before Jan 2021
While we move to the red tier, for now, OUSD schools will continue distance learning through the end of 2020.
Free Meals for all Oakland Students; Mayor’s Town Hall on Distance Learning Today
Starting today, the meals will again be open to all Oakland students, including those attending charters and schools outside of Oakland.
CA Dept. of Education May Reverse Course and Reinstate Arab American Studies in Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum
After deleting all references to Arab American Studies and Pacific Islander Studies in the CA Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC), the state is likely to reinstate both in the next revised version of the curriculum.
Oakland Unified and Teachers’ Union Come to Agreement on Distance Learning
"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]
Oakland Activists Call For “Ed Equity or Else”
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.
Over 5,000 COVID-19 cases in Oakland; first day of school
It's the first day of school, but classes are online in Oakland.
Alameda County will pay those with COVID to stay home; OUSD trying address tech gap
OUSD schools and the district are offering to fill the technology gap, including loaning out Chromebooks and WiFi hotspots, while the clock is ticking closer to first day of school on August 10.
