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Emerson Elementary First Grade Teacher Who Hosts Special Virtual Story Time for Students to Appear on The Ellen Degeneres Show This Afternoon

OUSD press release OUSD NEWSROOM PRESS RELEASE Friday, May 15, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected], CA — An OUSD first grade teacher who has made a name for himself by reading to his students virtually in an effort that’s gone viral around the world, will appear this afternoon on The Ellen Degeneres Show on NBC Bay Area. Peter…

Press Conference Scheduled: OUSD and City of Oakland Announce Plan to CLOSE the Digital Divide; Bold $12.5 Million Plan Launches on Thursday!

OUSD press releaseOakland, CA — “It’s time to close the digital divide once and for all,” is the rallying cry of the leaders of a new effort to support students and families in Oakland. The digital divide has been in the news recently as something that keeps the field of education uneven and unfair. Students with plenty…

The Long and Winding Road to a Better Building For Oakland Children Ends Well at Berkley Maynard

A guest post from Families in Action It took a winding journey to get there, but the Aspire Berkley Maynard Academy (BMA) community ended up in the right place: with a long-term lease from the Oakland Unified School District at the aging facility it has occupied for 15 years, and with the power now to…

Skyline High Senior Eleanor Wikstrom Makes History, Becoming First Ever CIF Scholar-Athlete of the Year from Oakland

OUSD press releaseOakland, CA — Eleanor Wikstrom from Skyline High School has a unique set of skills. She studies as hard as anyone, pulling a 4.0 GPA that has her heading to Harvard University in the fall. She is such an effective orator that she has taken first place in OUSD’s Annual Martin Luther King Jr.…