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Education

Oakland Teachers Union Called Off Strike; Regular School Resumes Tuesday

May 15, 2023 Momo Chang 0

Early this morning, the Oakland Education Association called off the teachers strike, which has been going on for seven school days. School will be open today, Monday, with regular school instruction fully back on Tuesday, […]

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Education

After a Year of Intense Community Action, New OUSD School Board Reverses School Closures

February 17, 2023 Momo Chang 0

In January, a new school board comprised of some newly-elected board members decided on the fate of six Oakland schools that were set to be shuttered this school year. Last year at this time, the […]

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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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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

Oakland Students, Teachers, Community Mobilize to Oppose District Plan to Permanently Close Schools

February 2, 2022 Tony Daquipa 3

On a cold Monday night in the middle of a pandemic, almost two hundred members of the Manzanita Community School family and their allies gathered for a watch party on the school playground to witness […]

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Education

OUSD Creates List of Schools To Be Targeted for Closure

January 26, 2022 Tony Daquipa 3

OUSD may be moving forward with closing more schools […]

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Home

Why showing up for the Oakland’s final Redistricting Commission meeting is important

December 28, 2021 Brandy Collins 0

Redistricting impacts Oakland resident’s political representation and access to resources. […]

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COVID-19

Back to School in Oakland: A Board Member, Two Principals, and a Union Executive Board Member Share Their Perspectives

October 5, 2021 Debora Gordon 3

What back-to-school has been like so far this semester […]

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2020 elections

What is Oakland’s Measure Y? A video explainer by Tony Daquipa and Ashley McBride

October 26, 2020 Oakland Voices 1

if passed, what would Oakland’s new school bond measure do? […]

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Education

OUSD Board of Education Supports California Draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Including Arab American Studies, But May be Cut from State Curriculum

July 29, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway 8

OUSD supports Arab American studies, but CA Dept of Education may cut it out of the Ethnic Studies curriculum. […]

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Laney College and Hack the Hood Year-Long Program Comes with $400 Monthly Stipend

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Students who want to get an education in the STEM field can apply and enroll now in Drive: Laney, a program between Laney College and Oakland-based Hack the Hood. Students who complete the 12 month […]

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