On Wednesday, January 11th, the School Board for the Oakland Unified School District voted to keep the five schools open that were originally under plans to be shut down at the end of this school year. …
From coast to coast, we have seen students list their demands for safe schools and stage walkouts, refusing to accept the breadcrumbs the people in power have tossed them. …
The struggle to keep the school doors open may not be easy, but it is winnable. But it will take an even larger, more organized and continued mobilization by Oakland parents, students, teachers and staff to win this fight. …
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. …
What right does the US government, which has carried out acts of terror domestically and abroad, have to decry “terrorism”? …
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 choice that the system presents to us about school re-opening is a false one. We can do better. …
The rush to re-open is not because the system cares about the education of children. …
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