Oakland News SF Bay Area By Zennie62Media Inc & Zennie Abraham
Oakland News SF Bay Area By Zennie62Media Inc & Zennie Abraham
This Oakland News Now post is based on a Facebook entry by famed Oakland Hip-Hop Journalist Davey D. What follows is his text, then the embed of the multimedia content. Davey D note on the featured photo: The gentlemen in the front is from Brooklyn.. He says he grew up in the projects.. His kids […]
OUSD and “Friends of the Oakland Public School Libraries” Create Digital Library for All Oakland Students Oakland – United For Success Academy 8th grader, Brenda C., uses Sora, an app for accessing the District’s new Digital Library, which has transformed her ability to read whenever she wants. “What I like about Sora is that you […]
Oakland Public Education Fund and OUSD Provide Millions in Cash Assistance, Food, and Computers to Oakland Families; Team Embarks on Additional Fundraising Effort for Families in Need Oakland – Thanks to more than 2,000 individual donors, the COVID-19 Relief Fund for Oakland students and schools has raised more than $2.5 million. The COVID-19 Relief Fund […]
The letter below was originally presented in “Rebecca Kaplan Calling On Oakland Police to Stop Criminalizing Oakland Youth” here at Oakland News Now. It was digitized for presentation here. December 18, 2020 Dear Oakland City Councilmember Kaplan, We are writing on behalf of a consortium of youth development and community-based organizations including Black Organizing Project […]
OUSD Distributes Technology To Teachers and District Site Staff to Help them get Through Pandemic; Distribution Event Happens Friday, Today Oakland – As distance learning will continue in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) for some untold amount of time, even when students start to return to campus, the District is making sure that teachers and […]
Westlake Middle School Students Set to Officially Become Published Authors at Thursday Evening Book Release Celebration with Help of Chapter 510 and the Dept. of Make Believe Oakland — Thursday, December 3rd 2020 will be a special evening for students at Westlake Middle School, and especially so for two specific students. They are the guests […]
Dear Oakland Community, Today I am writing to let you know that we have finalized our COVID-19 Health and Safety Reopening Plan and Program (Reopening Plan) for reopening our schools to in-person learning and instruction. The plan includes the components required by the Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) regarding reopening for in-person instruction and […]
#OaklandUndivided Reaches Major Milestone in Effort to Provide 25,000 Oakland Students with Free Computers and Internet Access; Media is Invited to Laptop Distribution Event on Thursday The press release sent from The Oakland Unified School District to Zennie62Media is below: Oakland, CA — Eric Yanez (below), a 4th-grader at Hoover Elementary School, had problems with […]
Oakland School District OUSD Reports Grab And Go Food Boxes Contained Unexpected Letter From Trump ONN – Oakland School District OUSD Reports Grab And Go Food Boxes Contained Unexpected Letter From Trump Oakland School District OUSD Reports Grab And Go Food Boxes Contained Unexpected Letter From Trump This was in a press release from the […]
Oakland Walks 4 Schools Virtual Walkathon, Aims to Take 30 Million Steps to Raise Funds for OUSD Schools This October The Oakland Public Education Fund (https://www.oaklandedfund.org/) is launching its inaugural Oakland Walks 4 Schools Walkathon this October. #OaklandWalks will inspire students, parents, school staff, and community members to get safe and healthy exercise during the […]
Oakland – An effort by the U.S. Department of Education to take public education dollars away from Oakland Unified School District and countless other Districts and give it to private schools in Oakland and elsewhere has failed, and leadership from OUSD had a role in defeating it. U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, had created […]
Oakland Virtual Town Hall on Distance Learning From YouTube Channel: September 3, 2020 at 10:42PM ONN – Powered by Restream https://restream.io/ Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest updated version of an experimental Zennie62Media , Inc. mobile media video-blogging system network that was […]
First-Ever Mental Health Tips Guide for Students by Students Self-Care and Remote Learning are top concerns for young people in “The New State of Mind” featuring nearly 75,000 crowdsourced responses Oakland – Blue Shield of California’s BlueSky Initiative, in partnership with DoSomething.org – the largest organization for young people and social change – launched a […]
Oakland – Just one week after handing out a major round of new #OaklandUndivided Chromebooks that students get to keep, Oakland Unified School District is updating the entire community on the overall effort to get 25,000 computers into the hands of Oakland’s public school students. We have enough computers in our schools to ensure […]
OUSD and Oakland Education Association Issue Joint Statement Announcing that OEA Members Have Voted to Ratify the Agreement on Distance Learning Oakland – On Sunday evening, August 23, 2020, Oakland Unified School District and the Oakland Education Association (OEA) are releasing the joint statement below announcing that the members of OEA voted to ratify the […]
Oakland, CA – On August 12, 2020, the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and the Oakland Education Association (OEA) reached a tentative bargaining agreement on distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic this fall. Our common goal is to provide the best possible education for Oakland students. This agreement is subject to ratification by OEA members […]
Oakland Schools News: OUSD And OEA Reach Tentative Distance Learning Oriented Labor Agreement ONN – Oakland Schools News: OUSD And OEA Reach Tentative Distance Learning Oriented Labor Agreement From OUSD: Oakland – After working for more than a month to reach a deal, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and the Oakland Education Association (OEA), the […]
Welcome Back To School 2020 From Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell OUSD Superintendent Dear Oakland Unified School District Community, I am happy to say that the 2020-21 school year begins today, Monday, August 10! I want to welcome all students, staff and families back to teaching and learning in Oakland Unified School District Community, or “OUSD”. Although […]
Oakland Educators and Parents Stand Together! From YouTube Channel: August 8, 2020 at 10:02PM ONN – SCHOOL STARTS MONDAY and OUSD still has not reached an agreement with Oakland Educators, who say our schools need resources in order to provide small group instruction and improve Crisis Distance Learning for our students! Listen to parents and […]
Oakland – While the 2020-21 school year begins on Monday, August 10, three weeks from today, with OUSD students studying from home through distance learning, the District and the Oakland Athletic League (OAL) announced today that interscholastic sports will not begin until December, at the earliest. The four month long delay comes mandated by the […]
The Future of Education, Alice Waters, Finding Love During COVID-19 ONN – The Future Of Education, Alice Waters, Finding Love During COVID-19 The Future of Education Gov. Gavin Newsom announced all children in 3rd grade and up must wear a mask to school — the first order of its kind in the nation. Also, schools […]
Exactly One Month From First Day of 2020-21 School Year, OUSD Announces Plans for Start of School Which Will Include Students Returning to Class in Phases, Starting with a Period of Distance Learning for all Students Text Of Friday July 10th 2020 OUSD Press Conference At End Of This Post Oakland – As Oakland and […]
Oakland Schools: OUSD’s Young Adult Program Celebrates Graduation in the Time of COVID-19 as part of the Class of 2020 Oakland, CA — As graduations from all District-run schools have now concluded, OUSD wants to recognize some special students who also celebrated commencement. They are the students of the Young Adult Program (YAP) which serves […]
Oakland, CA – Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan, who serves as Oakland’s Council Member At-Large, calls for publicly accessible WiFi for Oakland’s communities. Kaplan has been working to expand access to internet and related technologies, especially for Oakland’s under-served communities. The COVID-19 emergency has pushed many more to rely on the internet for work, […]
OUSD Teachers – Distance Learning, March-May 2020 ONN – Oakland YouTube Video Shows OUSD Teachers Doing Distance Learning, March-May 2020 This YouTube video by Kelleth Chinn shows how teachers in the Oakland Unified School District teach using distance learning because of the Pandemic. Mr. Chinn reports: On March 16, 2020, the Oakland Unified School […]
Second Annual OUSD Middle Eastern Student Honor Roll Celebration Set for Friday Afternoon, May 22 for Hundreds of Students Oakland, CA — Oakland is coming together to celebrate nearly 300 high achieving Middle Eastern 6th-12th grade students on Friday afternoon, May 22. Like other similar gatherings, this celebration is happening entirely online, but the organizers […]
City of Oakland And OUSD Have Plan To Close Digital Divide – Press Conference ONN – City of Oakland And OUSD Have Plan To Close Digital Divide – Press Conference Leading the virtual press conference were: Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland Kyla Johnson-Trammell, Superintendent of OUSD Jessica Ramos, 11th Grade Student, Skyline High School Ali […]
Press Conference Scheduled: OUSD and City of Oakland Announce Plan to CLOSE the Digital Divide; Bold $12.5 Million Plan Launches on Thursday! Oakland, CA – “It’s time to close the digital divide once and for all,” is the rallying cry of the leaders of a new effort to support students and families in Oakland. The […]
