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EdSource stories tagged with: Oakland Unified School District
June 5, 2020
Researchers found 61 of 100 districts nationwide plan to offer summer school, but many are not expanding programs or trying new things.
June 3, 2020
State Board of Education President, Oakland Unified Superintendent and Hoover Institute fellow discuss inequities among returning students.
June 1, 2020
Community members handed out free water, snacks and hand sanitizer as students and families marched down Broadway.
May 28, 2020
District reaches out to families through wellness checks, changes grading and graduation requirements, provides some technology to seniors.
May 18, 2020
Donation brings total funding to $12 million to purchase devices and internet access for students to help provide distance learning.
May 14, 2020
Oakland Unified school board temporarily waives its 2.0 GPA and senior project grad requirements during emergencies such as school closures.
May 8, 2020
With schools urged to provide more distance between students, it is ill-advised to crowd more students into merged campuses, advocates say.
May 4, 2020
The unexpected announcement from Gov. Gavin Newsom that schools should consider resuming as early as late July was met with immediate pushback.
April 24, 2020
Contract through June 2023 would make Kyla Johnson-Trammell the district's longest-tenured superintendent in decades with six years in post.
April 17, 2020
Educators and community members in Oakland Unified and West Contra Costa Unified have established several fundraisers and other campaigns.
April 3, 2020
The governor issued an executive order allowing virtual meetings, as long as the public has access.
March 6, 2020
The board voted to lay off about 100 workers to close its 2020-21 budget deficit, may consider eliminating its police force in the future.
February 20, 2020
The toxic cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene — or TCE — was found at McClymonds High School in West Oakland.
February 14, 2020
This week: Leslie Hsu Freeman, manager of dual enrollment for Oakland Unified, describes Oakland's dual enrollment program and the value it brings for first-generation college students; and we discuss the weeklong protests at Berkeley High.
February 4, 2020
The school board has agreed it must cut about $21.5 million from next year's budget but is now getting proposals on where to make those cuts
