Education

The Oakland School Board meeting on Jan. 31, 2022 was attended by over 1,800 community …

While there may be some people who look at our schools and see them as a money-making opportunity, these schools are our schools. It is not their decision to make — it is ours. We must link up across school communities to stand side by side and say, “no school closures!” …

Punitive measures against truancy set in place by Kamala Harris, are now being leveled against students in Oakland who have had the audacity to demand that their schools provide real safety protection. …

The first few months of this school year were exhausting and demoralizing for educators, as …

My students who were sick were never tested for coronavirus, they eventually returned to school after 10 days, and our classroom was no longer deemed an outbreak. Students deserve safe schools now. …

It is now almost the middle of October, and we’ve been back at school since …

Six weeks into the school year, and many COVID safety measures are still not in place. …

If the district is going to provide every school the safety measures being demanded, it’s going to be because they were fought for. …

A week before the fateful date, the conditions for back to school were still unclear. Schools are now back in session. …

Schools across the United States are reopening without coherent plans of dealing with COVID-19 infections. …

The school I work at and love was experiencing hardship long before the pandemic. We almost never had soap or paper towels in classrooms or bathrooms. And now things are worse. …

The Crisis in Education The problems in education can’t be solved within a single classroom …