SF News Both Oakland and SF School Districts Face Federal Investigations, Allegedly Over Antisemitism While none of the reasons for the investigation have been made public, the U.S. Department of Education has opened investigations after receiving allegations of antisemitism in both the San Francisco and Oakland unified school districts.
SF News Pro-Palestine, Anti-Israel Teach-In Begins In Oakland, Garnering National Headlines A controversial teach-in, endorsed by the Oakland teachers' union but opposed by the school district, was set to begin Wednesday, and parts of the curriculum have been revealed to be misleading and take a hardline anti-Israel approach.
SF News Steph and Ayesha Curry Commit to Raising $50 Million for Oakland Schools The Warriors’ Stephen Curry continues to be pretty much the most likable athlete on earth, as he and spouse Ayesha just kicked off a $50 million fundraising campaign for Oakland schools, starting with a styled-out new school playground.
SF News Oakland Schools Reach Partial Agreement with Striking Teachers on 'Common Good' Initiatives The union representing Oakland educators and Oakland Unified School District have agreed upon four "common good" terms, including reparations and closures, but not on salaries.
SF News Oakland Teachers Officially On Strike Over Pay and Working Conditions It is now Day One of the 2023 Oakland Unified School District teachers’ strike, and schools are still open, but attendance is sparse as teachers are out on the picket lines
SF News Oakland School Board Reverses Course, Won't Shut Down Six Schools That Were On the Chopping Block Many of the Oakland schools that were ordered to close last year will now remain open, thanks to the new school board’s reversal of that decision, though the few schools already closed will remain shuttered.
SF News State DOJ Probing Oakland School District Over Closing Seven Schools, Citing Civil Rights Violations The California Department of Justice has launched a “fact-finding mission” into the Oakland Unified School District over its plan to close seven schools and merge two others, as the closures may violate students’ rights to equal access to education.
SF News Activists Still Occupying Shuttered Oakland Elementary School, District Vows to Crack Down An East Oakland elementary school that was closed down in June has drawn a months-long sit-in protest and occupation, but the school district insists they've had enough of all this, claiming one occupier was carrying “what appears to be a firearm.”
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland Schools Closed Due to Strike Oakland teachers are striking today to protest the planned closure of multiple schools, a woman was shot at while confronting burglars breaking into her car, and two suspects have now been charged in the San Jose infant abduction.
SF News ACLU Joins Fight Against Oakland School Closures, Claiming Racial Discrimination The ACLU has now filed a complaint with the California Department of Justice urging the attorney general to look in to the Oakland Unified School District's plan to close seven schools and merge two others next year, saying the plan disproportionately impacts Black families.
SF News Protesters Stage Walkout at Oakland Tech High School to Protest School Closures On Thursday morning, teachers, parents, students, and other supporters of Oakland schools gathered outside Oakland Tech High School to stage a walkout.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Oakland School Board Votes to Close or Shrink 11 Schools Oakland's school board voted Tuesday to close seven schools and merge or shrink four more, a suspect has been arrested for the Oakland freeway shooting of Gene Ransom, and the FAA has shot down Sunnyvale's plan to use lasers to deter crows.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Some Oakland Teachers Threaten Hunger Strike Over School Closures Tensions are ramping up over proposed school closures in Oakland, the person killed in Saturday's hit-and-run in SF's Outer Sunset has been identified as a local Irish athlete, and Pete Buttigieg has a plan for the Port of Oakland's empty containers.
SF News ‘Sickouts’ Spreading Across Bay Area Schools, as Teachers and Students Decry Lack of Masks and Testing Last week’s SF Unified and Oakland Unified School District sickouts were the shape of things to come at Bay Area schools, as Oakland teachers are pulling another one, as are many other East Bay schools.
SF News Op-Ed: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Oakland Schools Face Reopening Dilemma The city will need extra assistance and supplies from the state if it's ever going to reopen schools safely, in one of the hardest-hit cities in the state by COVID-19.
Business & Tech Jack Dorsey Donates $10 Million to Give Laptops to Oakland Schoolkids As part of his ongoing philanthropic effort to distribute $1.5 billion of his own money during the pandemic crisis, Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey announced Friday that he's giving $10 million to the Oakland Unified School District to provide laptops and internet access to schoolchildren.
Arts & Entertainment HBO Documentary Highlights Oakland Schoolkids and the MLK Oratorical Festival A new documentary premiering on HBO next month showcases the annual MLK Oratorical Festival that is now a 40-year tradition in the Oakland Unified School District.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Schoolchildren Fight Truancy With Adorable Rihanna Parody In Oakland's Unified School District, one in six kindergartners is chronically absent from class. Luckily for everyone involved, these youngsters are doing something about it with an adorable take on Rihanna's "Don't Stop
