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Back to School in Oakland: High School Teachers Consider the Changes from Zoom to Classroom

from kindergarten through high school, share their experiences and perceptions, from classroom to Zoom and back again.

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OUSD’s Back to School Plans
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OUSD’s Restorative Justice: A Portal to Possibility

Oakland Voices correspondent Debora Gordon chats with 9 Restorative Justice leaders in OUSD.

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

County ICU hospitalizations increase; Teachers push back on district's re-opening plan; playgrounds can open

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OUSD Teachers in a Distance Learning World (Part 2)

OUSD teachers share the challenges of distance learning, and what it would take to go back to the classroom.

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OUSD Teachers in a Distance Learning World

Oakland Voices spoke with some teachers about the challenges and surprises of distance learning.

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.” - OEA President Keith Brown

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Seven OUSD teachers give sneak peek of first week of school

7 OUSD teachers respond to distance learning, and what the first week of school might look like.

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

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

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COVID-19 in Oakland: OUSD and al fresco dining updates