“Nuestra Gente Unida – Our People United” OUSD press releaseOakland – The OUSD Office of Equity Latino Student Achievement (LSA) and Oakland Latino Educators (OLE) will celebrate 3,321 Latino students in grades 6 through 12, who have maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher and who are on track to go to…
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On National Teacher Day, District Announces 2020 OUSD Teachers of the Year
OUSD press releaseOakland, CA — The 2019-20 school year is anything but normal, with schools still shut down more than seven weeks into the coronavirus closure. But what is normal is that OUSD continues to celebrate the outstanding work of our staff. Through all the uncertainty, teachers have continued to support our students and their families.…
Mack in the House-Two Former OUSD Football Players Make it to the NFL, Sign with Browns & Raiders After 2020 Draft
OUSD press releaseOakland, CA — Two young men who both played football at McClymonds High School signed with professional football teams last weekend as free agents after the 2020 NFL draft. Safety Javin White from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) signed with the (formerly Oakland) Raiders and quarterback Kevin Davidson of Princeton University signed…
New New Deal-Employment, Connectivity, and A Better Oakland
A guest post from school board candidate Mark Hurty, we always welcome solution oriented guest posts Back in 2008, when he was leading the Ella Baker Center here in Oakland, Van Jones articulated a bold and modern reworking of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. The key feature of FDR’s new deal was that it put the unemployed to work while…
OUSD Joins School Districts Across the Nation in Calling for More Education Funding From the Federal Government
OUSD press releaseOakland, CA — On Tuesday, April 28, Oakland Unified School District joined 61 other urban school districts across the country in calling for Congress to allocate more money to education during this time of crisis because of the coronavirus pandemic. The collection of districts, which includes Atlanta, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh and…