Board members were split on how and where to relocate the district’s central office staff from its current $243,000-a-month downtown office.
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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‘It’s kind of liberating’: An Oakland teacher explains why he got vaccinated
Ready to return to the classroom, elementary school teacher Tré Clayton got his vaccine at the Oakland Coliseum last month.
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Can Oakland Unified provide more in-person instruction this year? This parent group hopes so.
The limited schedule is a compromise to make sure that instructional time is equitable between distance learners and students who come to school, officials said.
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Worried about learning loss? Here’s where to get free tutoring for your Oakland students
To help students playing catch-up after a year of online learning, we compiled a list of local organizations offering free academic support.
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This Oakland high school reopened in March. The hard part? Getting students to come back
Oakland Unity High School, a small public charter in East Oakland, is one of the only public schools in the city to offer in-person instruction, five days per week.
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‘I’m happy because I love school’: how the first day back on campus went for Oakland’s youngest students
Some Pre-K through second graders were back on OUSD campuses Tuesday, for the first time in over a year.
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How has the pandemic changed the way educators teach?
Most teachers are thrilled to say goodbye to distance learning, but some say they picked up surprising new ideas along the way.
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Oakland school board says yes to reparations for Black students, no to banning school closures
Disagreement over whether Oakland should close schools nearly derailed a sweeping plan to address the achievement gap and declining Black student enrollment.
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East Oakland students challenge the city to clean up trucking pollution
Metal factories and big rigs on I-880 are local issues young environmentalists are learning about—and campaigning against.
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How Oakland Unified could spend millions in COVID relief funds
Oakland Unified has a limited amount of time to spend nearly $300 million from COVID legislation.