Category: Education Equity

To support families during the pandemic, OUSD is providing food and tech support to students this year.

We followed parents, students, a teacher, and a principal as they navigated both the hiccups and the wins of a strange semester’s start.

Oakland teens asked each other how they feel about remote learning—and what they’d change if they could.

As fall semester negotiations continue down to the wire, we lay out what the union and the district want point-by-point.

Mired in negotiations with the school district, some teachers are calling for continued distance learning until the pandemic subsides.

Some OUSD families are investing in private learning groups. Community organizations are trying to support those that can’t.

The Oaklandside asked for your input on the school district’s COVID-19 safety plan for fall semester.

The Oaklandside wants to hear from Oakland families and school staff.

Plans aren’t final, but the district is leaning towards a remote learning start, transitioning later to a hybrid model.

The district is leaning towards a hybrid learning model, with some instruction at home and some in the classroom.

Board members decided which projects to prioritize, including campus improvements and a relocation of the central office.

$6 million will be redirected to programs that support “Black students and all students of color.”

Police have been in Oakland schools for decades, and opposition has existed for just as long.

The plan for what that could look like will include input from community members, school staff and the police department.

Organizers think this could be a turning point for removing police from Oakland schools. OUSD is the only Alameda County school district with its own police force.

A November ballot measure to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in school district elections would make Oakland the fifth U.S. city to lower its voting age.