Oakland Education Association

School Board President Shuts Down Meeting Trying to Silence Gaza Ceasefire Protesters

Since the executive board of the Oakland Education Association originally took a stand to oppose genocide and call for a ceasefire, the union has been under...

Teachers show their determination on picket lines at schools across the city. Photo courtesy of OEA.

Activism2 years ago

Oakland Teachers Strike Continues Over Wages, ‘Common Good’ Demands for Needs of Parents, Students

The OEA’s common good proposals are based on outreach with thousands of OUSD parents and community members. California districts that have bargained common good demands with...

“The data dashboard provided imperfect but vital information to understand where things were at,” Dorothy Graham said. “You could see the spikes in cases and know how urgent it was to test.”

Bay Area2 years ago

OUSD is No Longer Publishing its COVID Data

Teachers, students and the Oakland Education Association had been vocal about COVID safety issues during the last two school years. Last January, OUSD teachers protested, as...

Activism3 years ago

OP-ED: Faith Leaders Call for Accountability Over

A demonstration is planned for Tuesday May 24 at 11:30 a.m. at the Board of Supervisors on Oak and 12th streets in Oakland to protest a...

Caption: A sign outside of Community Day School's campus. Photo by Zack Haber on March 6.

Activism3 years ago

Community Day Staff Fear School Site May Be Slated for Housing Development

“Board President Gary Yee has been open about his desire to look at the Community Day School site as a possible location for the creation of...

Many teachers at Oakland High School have decided to refuse to do any work not stipulated in their contract in a labor action aimed at securing better COVID safety measures from the Oakland Unified School District. Photo of Oakland High School by Zack Haber on September 13, 2021.

Activism3 years ago

Citing COVID Safety Needs, Oakland High Teachers Limit Encounters with Students

According to Le’Lani Walker, a senior at OHS, teachers explained the work to rule action to students shortly before it began. Although she felt it was...

Speakers at a press conference Thursday, Dec. 16, at the school district headquarters in Oakland opposed the hostile takeover of Oakland public schools by L. Karen Monroe of Alameda County and the Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team (FCMAT).Shown (front row, L to R) are Post publisher Paul Cobb, former school board member and civil rights attorney Dan Siegel, civil rights attorney Walter Riley, candidate for Alameda County Supt. of Schools Alysse Castro, Assemblymember Mia Bonta, Holy Names University Vice President Kimberly Mayfield and Oakland Education Association (OEA) President Keith Brown. (Back row, L to R) are the representative of Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, School Boardmember Mike Hutchinson, former school board member and mayoral candidate Greg Hodge, parent and community activist John Jones III and SEIU VP for classified workers Donneva Reid.

Activism3 years ago

Community Unites to Oppose Hostile Takeover of Oakland Schools

In a statement read by her staffer, Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan responded to the demand for $90 million in cuts. “We see this for what it is,”...

Community3 years ago

OUSD Ended Oakland High’s Onsite COVID Testing, Parents and Teachers Want It Back

Oakland High School students attend school from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every day except Wednesdays, when they get off school around 1:30 p.m. This allows...

Bay Area4 years ago

OUSD Board Delays Vote on Reparations Resolution for Black Students

“There is not one Black family in OUSD that hasn’t experienced the pain of anti-Black racism in our schools,” reads a statement on reparationsforblackstudents.org, a website run...

Community4 years ago

Teachers’ Union President Keith Brown to Lead County-Wide Labor Federation

“In the midst of this COVID pandemic, strong unions are more important than ever, to make sure that working people in the city and county have...

COVID-194 years ago

Oakland Teachers Say School Should Reopen When Science Says It’s Safe

There has been considerable pressure nationally and locally to reopen public schools, as many recognize that online teaching does not meet the educational needs for students...

Education4 years ago

Mayor Announces Affordable Housing Pilot Program for 12 New Teachers

Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) this week announced a pilot program that will help pay for affordable housing so a few...

Activism4 years ago

‘Life Over Rent’ Rally Speakers Urge Tenants to Organize, Prepare next Steps

About 175 tenants gathered on the steps of Alameda County’s Superior Courthouse for a rally called Life Over Rent/Nuestrxs Vidas Si Renta No last Saturday. A...

Berkeley5 years ago

Amid Budget Cuts and Economic Uncertainty, School Board Increases Spending on Top Administrators

Following drastic budget cuts, layoffs and school closures and amid future uncertainty about the impact of the pandemic on state funding, the Oakland Board of Education...

Bay Area5 years ago

Educators Donate Stimulus Checks to Help Local Families in Need

Oakland educators are joining with community groups to ask teachers and other members of the community who have the financial means to contribute all or a...

Bay Area5 years ago

Parents and Teachers, “Pushed, Choked, Clubbed,” and Arrested, Said OEA

A crowd of parents, students and teachers chanted “Oakland in not for Sale” as six parents and teachers were arrested Wednesday Oct. 23 at the Oakland...

#NNPA BlackPress5 years ago

School Board Votes to Close Kaiser Elementary School

OAKLAND POST — Facing an angry standing-room only crowd of parents, students and teachers who booed their decision, the board voted 5-2 in favor of the “merger”...

Community5 years ago

School District Prepares for Second Round of School Closures

OAKLAND POST — The Board of Education is moving ahead with a second set of school closures, mergers and consolidations, called “Cohort 2,”which is scheduled to be...

Education5 years ago

School District Prepares for Second Round of School Closures

The district also is beginning the process of selling or leasing school properties. The Board of Education is moving ahead with a second set of school...

Education6 years ago

Oakland Students Host Walkouts to Support Teachers

Oakland students are supporting their teachers’ call for a 12 percent salary increase, more investments in students, an end to school closures, and the hiring of...

City Government6 years ago

Oakland Teachers Vote to Strike, “If Necessary”

Oakland Unified School District teachers have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, “if necessary,” for higher wages, more counselors and school nurses, and against the school...

Economics6 years ago

Special Ed Support Staff Plan to Support a Teacher Strike

While special education support staff in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) broadly back the Oakland Education Association’s (OEA) proposed strike and its demands to increase...

Opinion8 years ago

OP-ED: Oakland’s New Teachers Need Your Support

By Hannah Lukanuski My first day of teaching fourth grade was two years ago and it was a whirlwind of energetic joy and panicked mistakes. Luckily,...

Education9 years ago

Mayor Speaks at Fundraiser to Support Pro-Charter School Board Candidates

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...

City Government9 years ago