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Posts Tagged ‘Literacy’

Oakland adult literacy students find ways to continue learning during the pandemic

By Bashirah Mack | October 27, 2020 | 0

Riley Mitchell loves to cook. When the 55-year-old isn’t bragging about making the “best potato salad this side of the Mississippi,” Mitchell enjoys cozying up with a good book. Since the pandemic, Mitchell started to re-read classics like The Color Purple, mostly for pleasure. But since the library where Mitchell took adult literacy classes closed,…

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Students compete in MLK Jr. Oratorical Festival for 38th year

By Ryan Lindsay | March 7, 2017 | 4

Oakland Unified School District’s 38th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Festival culminates on March 7.

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Oakland non-profit promotes literacy through diversity and representation

By Ryan Lindsay | February 14, 2017 | 1

Denmark Gatewood had a captive audience. On Saturday, he sat on a small stage reading children’s books filled with stories about Black children, written by Black authors to a group of mostly Black children and parents. Despite the gathering at the African American Museum and Library (AAMLO) for the Barbers, Books & Bridges’ (BBB) event,…

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Oakland joins nationwide initiative to increase student reading proficiency levels by 2020

By Erika Alvero | October 22, 2015

Oakland has joined 130 other communities nation-wide that aim to increase reading proficiency levels by 2020, its specific initiative called the Oakland Reads 2020 campaign.

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Reading Partners encourages students to love literacy

By Melissa Hellmann | November 5, 2013

The nonprofit organization, Reading Partners, provides literacy tutoring for at-need children in first through fifth grade.

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