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Posts Tagged ‘Great Oakland Public Schools (GO)’

At Oakland school board meeting, debate over school closures and charter schools intensifies

By Wyatt Kroopf | March 21, 2019 | 1

Tensions from the recent Oakland teachers’ strike were still reverberating among attendees during a special meeting for the Board of Education on Wednesday night. Hundreds of people filled the auditorium at La Escuelita Education Complex, holding small green signs that set the theme for the night. One side of the signs read “No new charters.”…

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Oakland Unified School District discusses strategies for teacher recruitment and retention

By Erika Alvero | January 25, 2016
Superintendent Antwan Wilson presents to a group of parents, teachers and administrators at the West Oakland Middle School library.

At the superintendent-parent forum on Saturday morning, parents, teachers and district officials gathered at West Oakland Middle School to discuss new changes for teacher recruitment and retention strategies in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD).

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Measure N would expand college and career readiness programs in high schools, faces little opposition

By Laura Klivans | October 31, 2014 | 1
Volunteers with Great Oakland Public Schools make phone calls in support of Measure N, a proposed parcel tax that would provide college and career readiness programs for Oakland high school students. Photo courtesy of Great Oakland Public Schools.

Measure N is a parcel tax that, if passed on Tuesday, would direct funds towards college and career preparation programs in Oakland’s high schools.

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Oakland mayoral candidates talk education at forum

By Justin Whiteman | October 21, 2014 | 2
Oakland mayoral candidates Bryan Parker, Courtney Ruby, Mayor Jean Quan, Libby Schaaf, Dan Siegel and Joe Tuman (standing) speak at Thursday night’s “Education in the Oakland Elections,” a forum hosted by Great Oakland Public Schools at the Waterfront Hotel in Jack London Square. Photo by James Pace-Cornsilk.

Oakland mayoral candidates answer questions and seek votes – by discussing education.

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