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Teachers in East Oakland Rise to the Challenge Eight Weeks after School Closure

May 13, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway

Two months into schools being closed, three East Oakland teachers say some students have yet to have internet access during this time, and how many students do not like online learning.

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Academic and Social Absence

April 13, 2020 JoAnn Hollis-Bell

“It’s not just the virus that I’m afraid of. It is this human contact that has made me realize and admit it’s the solitude that I am afraid of. The admission that I depend on touch therapy.”

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How Oakland Teachers are Adapting to Distance Learning after School Closures

March 20, 2020 Tony Daquipa

Last Friday, in response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak, the Oakland Unified School District announced that all schools and child development centers would be closing for three weeks at the end of the day. On

The Black Organizing Project is calling for the elimination of the Oakland Unified School Police force.

Oakland Unified Seeks to Cut Over $20 Million for Second Year in a Row

March 3, 2020 Tony Daquipa

At last week’s Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) school board meeting on February 26, several big topics were on the agenda: over $20 million in proposed budget cuts and an update on the indefinite closure

A Place Where Community Happens

June 8, 2017 Tony Daquipa

“We’re all different, but we all have that love for Sequoia.” -Zachary Hile At the risk of missing the start of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, several generations of Sequoia students, families, and staff

Loyal To His Soil

November 7, 2016 Tony Daquipa

Benito Daquipa, my grandfather, was born in a rocky hollow surrounded by tall hills covered with tall trees. The little hollow near the town of Corella on the island of Bohol in the southern Philippines

A Day in the Life of Lam Vo

March 5, 2013 Debora Gordon

By Debora Gordon Lam ended a recent letter with “Write me when you find the time. I certainly have all the time in the world to wait.” This prompted me to ask him what it

A Former Teachers’ Union President Considers Her Legacy

February 23, 2013 Debora Gordon

Former Oakland Education Association President and current Sequoia Elementary School teacher Betty Olson-Jones poses in her 5th grade classroom Photo: Oakland Voices/Debora Gordon January 2013 By Debora Gordon Betty Olson-Jones is back in the classroom

Looking at Lam and what needs to Be done

February 23, 2013 Debora Gordon

Lam was, and perhaps still is, a young man with a lot of potential. He could have gone on to lead a life of commonplace trials and triumphs; having a family, a job or a career,

Oakland Teacher Alison Ball Breathes Life into Math & Science

February 22, 2013 Debora Gordon

By Debora Gordon After early teaching stints in far flung locales from Ecuador and China to New York and Sunnyvale, 4th year middle school teacher Alison Ball, 29, came to Urban Promise Academy (UPA),