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OUSD's Competing Goals: reduce absenteeism, engage parents, but end Family Literacy Program
Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Sat, 9 Mar at 12:56pm.

School district administrators and board members have taken up student absenteeism as a cause to work on in 2013, after careful data analysis made them realize that 10 percent of Oakland public school students are chronically absent.

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Oakland Unified joins other school districts seeking accountability on students' social needs as it cuts family literacy

Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Sun, 3 Mar at 9:21pm.

Oakland Unified and eight other California school districts sought a waiver Thursday from the federal "No Child Left Behind" law by submitting their own plan for measuring a school's success that takes into account students' social and emotional well being and school culture along with students' scores on academic tests.

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Oakland's American Indian public charter schools among best in the state
Article by Juan Antonio Mart....
Last updated at Sat, 2 Mar at 10:17pm.

Despite California having insurmountable proposed budget cuts to its education system, three schools in Oakland are thriving. 

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Oakland school children perform their best at MLK Jr. Oratorial Fest

Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Tue, 26 Feb at 1:33pm.

In honor and emulation of the great preacher and civil rights leader who used the power of words to change a nation, school children throughout Oakland participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Fest in February.

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Oakland School Police Department receives four complaints of police misconduct in 2012
Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Wed, 13 Feb at 9:24am.

Two years ago, a student lost his life when a chase and altercation with police officers turned deadly. 

As a result of that event, the police force that works for the Oakland Unified School District has been required to submit yearly reports of complaints filed against its officers. 

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Oakland Unified makes $7.6 million accounting error in budget; asking schools not to count on it
Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Mon, 11 Feb at 5:30pm.

A data entry error has caused Oakland Unified School District to budget $7.6 million more than it meant to for the next school year and now, realizing the mistake, it is asking schools to subtract that amount, or about $50,000 per school, from next year's planning.

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Twin principals at Claremont deliver twice the good
Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Tue, 29 Jan at 8:57am.

Principal Ronald Richardson stood near the "twins station" at Claremont Middle School's science fair recently encouraging two students to describe the biology of twins.

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Year in review for Oakland public schools

Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Thu, 3 Jan at 1:22am.

For Oakland public schools, the 2012 year was one of bold new initiatives, as well as widely protested school closings, of national awards for exemplar teaching and of people losing faith in the schools and thus enrolling their kids elsewhere.

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