Community-building activities, restorative justice circles, and day camps are just some of the ways teachers and other school leaders hope to make the transition smooth.
Author Archives: Ashley McBride
Ashley McBride reports on education equity for The Oaklandside. She covered the 2019 Oakland Unified School District teachers’ strike as a breaking news reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. More recently, she was an education reporter for the San Antonio Express-News where she covered several local school districts, charter schools, and the community college system. McBride earned her master’s degree in journalism from Syracuse University, has held positions at the Palm Beach Post and the Poynter Institute, and is a recent Hearst Journalism Fellow.
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Oakland Unified is holding back-to-school information sessions for families
OUSD students go back to school on Aug. 9. Here’s how you can get your questions answered.
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Oakland high schoolers repaired more than 3,000 Chromebooks this summer
The internship gave students an opportunity to learn computer repair skills while also helping out the district’s technology team.
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OUSD food lab ignites students’ passion for cooking
Seven teams of Oakland high schoolers participated in a cooking competition to create a new dish to add to the school lunch menu.
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Oakland made gains in closing the digital divide during COVID. The classroom tech could be here to stay
Before the pandemic, just 12% of low-income students in Oakland had a computer or reliable internet at home. Going into the fall, 98% now have them, according to Oakland Undivided.
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How Oakland Unified provided 11 million meals to families during the pandemic
The massive child nutrition effort relied on hundreds of volunteers, donations, and hiring dozens of out-of-work parents.
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3 Oakland schools prioritized enrollment of students from low-income neighborhoods. Here’s how it turned out
As a method of increasing race and class diversity in higher performing OUSD schools, results look promising so far.
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2 vacant Oakland Unified School District properties will become teacher housing
The OUSD board voted to lease two East Oakland sites for employee homes. The developments will also include a Black Cultural Zone hub and a job training center.
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Kaiser Elementary School, closed in 2019, to reopen as early learning center
While many Oakland community members are eager to see children on the campus again, some are still grieving the closure of the school.
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Oakland school closures, mergers, and expansions: here’s how OUSD will decide
Plans to close or consolidate schools could be approved in September as part of OUSD’s Citywide Plan.