OUSD NEWSROOMPRESS RELEASE Matin Abdel-Qawi.Lucia Moritz.Cliff Hong.Wednesday, September 9, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director 510-214-2080 [email protected] Oakland, CA — The Oakland Unified School District is announcing three major changes in the leadership team of academics across the District. Oakland High School Principal, Matin Abdel-Qawi has been chosen to become Superintendent of the High School Network. Former Roosevelt Middle School…
Oakland Nonprofits Launch The People’s Literacy Fund To Address The City’s Literacy Crisis
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***Initiative awards grants between $500 and $5,000 to individuals who are striving to ensure that all Oakland kids can read at grade levelOAKLAND, CA (September 8, 2020) — Today, Educate78 and Energy Convertors, two Oakland-based nonprofits that are dedicated to improving the Town’s public education system, launched The People’s Literacy Fund. The new pilot program will award grants…
OUSD Mourns for Students and Former Students Lost to a Fatal Car Crash and Gun Violence
PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, September 8, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected] Oakland, CA — Four weeks into the new year, and several schools across Oakland Unified School District are in mourning because they have recently lost valued members of their communities. The District has lost a total of five young people who were getting ready to graduate or…
The Oakland Education Week in Review: 8/31-9/6
Lots on the back to school planning, an ambitious plan to end the digital divide in Oakland, the challenges of tech and tech support, reporting language matters, updates on the grab and go program, Alameda’s online program and its racist content, the color coded scheme around reopening, and so much more, please read, share and…
Access Denied Ep. 9: Parents Around the Country Demand #InternetForAll (ft. Maurice Cook and Khulia Pringle)
If you would like to watch the video, click HERE. As we are building momentum, we see Great School Voice’s call for #InternetForAll is not alone. This week, we are joined by Maurice Cook of Serve Your City DC, and Khulia Pringle, an activist who is dedicated to organizing parents through the Minnesota Parent Union.…