The Oakland Unified School District, as well as many other school districts, is struggling to stay afloat financially in a state where politicians have passed and...
Activists say the proposed 625-student charter school would drain students from existing nearby schools, such as those at the César Chávez Education Center, located at 2825...
Next week’s Community and Economic Development (CED) committee meeting is scheduled to consider a City of Oakland staff proposal to sell a 9,000-square-foot parcel of city-owned...
Ben “Coach” Taspscott (top right) speaks at a meeting called by the school district Monday at Prescott Elementary to notify the school community of the possible...
Political opposition to charter schools has been growing, both locally and nationally. A recent report produced by a pro-charter school policy organization says that the continued...
Shown (L to R): Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, Assemblyman Rob Bonta and Oakland Education Association President Trish Gorham. Lawmakers, parents, educators, students, and community organizations joined...
The Oakland Unified School District was moving ahead with a proposal to place a charter school with middle age children on the McClymonds High School campus...
By Charles Cole Recently, the NAACP called for a moratorium on charter schools, which would deal a blow to African-American families and their right to...
By Ann Berlak This year, more than a quarter of Oakland’s 49,000 students are attending one of its nearly 40 charter schools, far more per...
A new annual report from the Alameda County Grand Jury raises concerns about the low academic quality of a number of Oakland’s charter schools and the...
As the school year begins to wind down, planning is underway for next year. But many of Oakland’s schools – especially flatland schools – are in...
The following letter from Trish Gorham, Oakland Education Association president, was printed March 14 in the New York Times: “Oakland Is Flash Point in...
By Supt. Antwan Wilson The New York Times recently wrote an article about our efforts to improve public education: Oakland District at Heart of...
By Dirk Tillotson Oakland was showcased in the recent Times article, “Oakland District at the Heart of Drive to Transform Urban Schools.” And...
Oakland teachers, parents and students who are dedicated to maintaining and improving their schools are increasingly finding themselves in conflict with a school district leadership that...
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were keynote speakers this week at a $250-a-person election fundraiser for Great Oakland (GO) Public...
A front-page article published recently in the New York Times examines the battle in Oakland over the growing power of corporate-backed charter schools, which the Times...
Westlake Middle School students, parents and teachers are angry and confused after learning in the past week that the district has decided to “co-locate” a charter...
By Roseann Torres As a Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education member for the past three years representing District 5, I have remained...
Two whistleblowing teachers at the Oakland Charter Academy, part of the Amethod Public Schools network, are alleging that they were fired without notice on the last...
(The Atlantic) – A few years ago, Pablo Alba was called to the principal’s office to meet with me, an aging white guy he’d never met before. A...
(The Atlantic) – A few years ago, Pablo Alba was called to the principal’s office to meet with me, an aging white guy he’d never met before. A...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times This past Thursday, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Trustees voted...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist If you want to see up-close what the political right wants to do to public education, take a look...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist If you want to see up-close what the political right wants to do to public education, take a look...
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