School closures

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Teachers Demand State Increase School Funding

“The state owes OUSD – I stand in solidarity with you,” said Senator Nancy Skinner By Zack…

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Roots’ Families Tell School Board, ‘Don’t Close Our School’

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School District Considers Sharing Individual Student Data with Charter Industry Company

By Ken Epstein Oakland public school par­ents were shocked to learn this week that the school district…

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Oakland Teachers Are Getting Ready to Strike as Contract Fight Escalates

Educators across the state are demanding more funding for California’s underfunded public schools Starting this week with…

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Roots Families Heat Up Fight to Save Their Neighborhood School

By Ken Epstein Students, parents and teach­ers at Roots International Academy in East Oakland are reacting with shock…

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Community Reacts to Proposed Wave of School Closures

By Ken Epstein The announcement that the Oakland Unified School District is planning to close up to…

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School District Wants to Close Roots International Academy This School Year

Holiday Robocall upsets parents and teachers at East Oakland middle school By Ken Epstein As students and teachers…

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State needs to help maintain, not close, Oakland schools

By Kitty Kelly Epstein The Oakland school district is considering closing 24 more public schools. Oakland has…

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Opinion: School Board Plan to Close Flatland Schools Is a Rerun of a Failed Policy

By Mike Hutchinson The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD school board has released the first draft a…

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Defend and Transform Oakland’s Public Schools

By Post Staff The Post Salon co-sponsored a community dialogue on schools Sunday, Dec. 9. along with…

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