August 29, 2020 This message is available in other languages using the links located above the blue headerDear OUSD Community: Thank you for your continued grace and flexibility in supporting your child’s learning these first few weeks of school. Our students have begun establishing regular learning routines and are now moving into core academic content.…
This 3 Minute Video Shows Why We Need #InternetForAll
The internet is an essential service. It’s how the world connects, communicates, works and learns. It’s time to stop treating it like a privilege because, in 2020, without internet you’re not a functional member of society. Watch this new video from the State of Black Education Oakland to get a sense of how dire this situation is…
Oakland’s “Bold and Transformational” Plan to End the Digital Divide, That Might Just Work
I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong. As a vocal critic of Oakland’s Digital divide plan, Oakland Undivided, it would be an interesting podcast to have its backers as guests and to push them on whether the plan would really work. And work for the most underserved families who really need it. Talking with our…
A National Day of Action on #InternetForAll, Join Us 8/26 and Beyond
Internet is not a luxury, or a nice to have, it is a necessity, and should be a right. That is why we will be joining thousands nationwide for a National Day of Action on Wednesday August 26th. We are protesting the impotent federal response to the digital divide and the predatory broadband companies, that…
#OaklandUndivided Update: Where We Are and What to Expect
Monday, August 24, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected] #OaklandUndivided Update: Where We Are and What to Expect Oakland, CA — Just one week after handing out a major round of new #OaklandUndivided Chromebooks that students get to keep, Oakland Unified School District is updating the entire community on the overall effort to get 25,000 computers into the hands…