Posts Tagged ‘Office of Civil Rights’
Oakland school board celebrates California Teacher of the Year Award
At Wednesday’s sparsely-attended school board meeting, the board discussed the superintendent’s report, which is presented at every board meeting, and funding options for the Dr. Marcus Foster Educational Leadership Campus.
Read MoreBreaking the school-to-prison pipeline: examining arrests among black male students in OUSD
Oakland’s black youth are arrested in school at a rate that is more than double their proportion of the school population, a community nonprofit said.
Read MoreSchool board approves plan to address civil rights complaints over student suspensions
In a crowded boardroom and to strong applause, the OUSD board unanimously passed an agreement yesterday that resolved to address the Office of Civil Right’s (OCR) compliance review of the district’s discipline of African American students.
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