Oakland Unified School District to discuss merging ten schools
Veronica Macias reports on the OUSD board considering the merger of up to ten schools amid the current budget shortfall.
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Veronica Macias reports on the OUSD board considering the merger of up to ten schools amid the current budget shortfall.
Sooji Nam reports on an Oakland high school senior who is on a mission to activate students to vote in the upcoming school board election.
With this year being the first year in which 16 and 17-year-olds can vote in the Oakland school board election, education leaders are on a mission to register 1,000 students across the city's school district before next month.
Oakland Unified School District parents and school staff are speaking out after elevated lead levels were found in drinking water at multiple schools across the district.
Amanda Hari reports on the growing controversy over lead levels found in the drinking water at several Oakland Unified School District schools.
On Monday, it was back to school for kids in the Oakland Unified School District. But along with the normal high hopes of the first day, were concerns about tough challenges that lay ahead for the district.
The Oakland Unified School District is rolling out the nation's first all-electric school bus fleet and providing a template to move away from pollution-producing diesel buses.
Over the weekend, someone vandalized Global Family Elementary School's garden, which was built two years ago by a foundation run by Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha, according to the Oakland Unified School District.
Police in Oakland on Friday confirmed that one person was arrested in a shooting at Skyline High School following a Thursday night graduation ceremony, an incident that Oakland Unified called "heartbreaking and absolutely unacceptable."
Kenny Choi reports on a student at Oakland Tech High School who claims a story she wrote for the school newspaper on the Israel-Hamas conflict was censored.
An Oakland teacher who participated in a controversial pro-Palestinian "teach-in" in December still stands by her actions, saying students deserved to know the details surrounding the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Lauren Toms reports on an Oakland teacher who participated in December's controversial pro-Palestinian "teach-in" saying her students deserved to know the details surrounding the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas.
AG Rob Bonta in a letter to Oakland Unified said the — now-rescinded — decision to close several schools would have disproportionately affected Black and low-income students.
Eleanor Wikstrom graduated from Skyline High School in Oakland in 2020 and is now the recipient of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Juliette Goodrich reports (1-25-24(
The war between Israel and Hamas has sparked tensions in the Oakland Unified School District, enough that at least 30 Jewish families have transferred their kids out of the district.
Oakland public school officials are warning families to beware of phone calls claiming that their children have been kidnapped and are being held for ransom.
People in Oakland had strong feelings Wednesday as schools became a battleground over the war between Israel and Hamas as some teachers participated in a "Teach-In."
Some teachers in the Oakland Unified School District say they believe a "teach-in" on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict planned for Wednesday will be beneficial to students who are likely hearing about the issue everywhere else in their lives.
Shawn Chitnis reports on plans by members of Oakland Education Association to hold teach-in on the Israel-Hamas conflict (12-6-2023)
Parents of Oakland Unified School District students weighed whether to take their children to school on Wednesday or keep them home as an unknown number of teachers are set to stage a "teach-in" highlighting pro-Palestinian materials.
A group of Oakland teachers are planning a "teach-in" Wednesday that shows the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and its history through a Palestinian perspective.
Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell on Monday issued a statement reminding parents of an "unsanctioned teach-in" focusing on the Israel-Hamas conflict planned for later this week.
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oakland Unified School District has seen an alarming spike in the number of unhoused students in the school system who deal with a host of challenges far beyond what most children face.
The Oakland Unified School District is warning the public about alleged scam calls that attempt to extort money from parents by making it seem like their children have been kidnapped.
Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, tensions are on the rise in Oakland schools after the union representing teachers approved a resolution expressing solidarity with Palestine. (11/8/23)
