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COVID-19

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

October 13, 2021 Debora Gordon 2

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

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Education

Bringing the Political into the Classroom

January 13, 2021 Debora Gordon 3

“For the first time in my years of teaching, I taught “sedition,” “insurrection,” “coup d’état,” and “treason.”” […]

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COVID-19

Talk of the Town: Seven OUSD teachers give sneak peek of first week of school

August 5, 2020 Debora Gordon 4

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

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COVID-19

COVID-19, Protest, Teaching, and Me

August 4, 2020 Debora Gordon 0

“After only six weeks back in the classroom, nearly all doors slowly closed: no café tete-a-tetes to solve the world’s problems or even our own, no exploring the nooks and crannies of the Bay Area, and teaching only from a remove.” […]

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COVID-19

OUSD Schools Re-Open August 10; Free Meals Continue Through Summer With 24 Sites

May 28, 2020 Momo Chang 1

Schools will likely “have some kind of blended model with both in-person and distance learning next year.” […]

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Oakland Voices at Maynard 200: Co-Director Rasheed Shabazz and Alumnus Tony Daquipa

Oakland Voices is proud to announce that two of our members will join Maynard 200. Oakland Voices is a program of The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding diversity in [...]
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Education

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

May 1, 2022 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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