OUSD Teacher Layoffs: Why Los Angeles matters for Oakland (Opinion)
Blog entry by Great Oakland Pub....
Last updated at Fri, 25 Feb at 5:45am.

For the first time during the current recession, Oakland Unified School District school sites will likely have to lay off teachers. For the past few years, school sites have protected teachers in their budgets and enough teachers have voluntarily left OUSD to avoid layoffs.

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The Urban Teacher Leadership Program is recruiting!
Article by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Mon, 14 Feb at 9:47am.

The Urban Teacher Leadership Program at CSU East Bay is designed for experienced, dedicated, locally developed urban educators.

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A Teacher from a Family of Teachers: Meet EnCompass Academy's Mario Garcia
Blog entry by Oakland Schools F....
Last updated at Wed, 29 Sep at 4:15pm.

During Mario García’s second year as a teacher, he had “one of those moments.

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Reflections on the Day of Action for Education
Blog entry by Ryan Van Lenning.
Last updated at Sat, 20 Mar at 6:33pm.

Last week's Day of Action for Education was not typical.  The rallies and marches were some of the largest and most diverse I have seen in the Bay Area.  Families, young students, high school students, college students, parents, librarians, and teachers of all stripes came out in droves.  The enthusiasm was palpable and the understanding of the issues and what is at stake

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March 4 day of action to defend education: March with us (Opinion)
Article by Pamela Drake.
Last updated at Thu, 4 Mar at 8:18pm.

Tomorrow many of us will march and rally and walk out (if we are still teaching or can get into a class) for the cause of public education.

California was famous for its record of forward thinking about higher education. In 1960, the state passed a Master Plan for Higher Education, which promised a nearly free college education for any student who could make the grades.

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