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How One Oakland School Is Using California's Billion-Dollar Investment in Student Mental Health

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Families pick up their children from Montclair Elementary School on the first day back to in-person learning on March 30, 2021.

Oakland Has a Strategy to Address Teacher Churn. Will It Work?

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A right-profile view of a young Black woman, with no makeup and long thick black braids, wearing a beige long-sleeved shirt unbuttoned at the front. She has a black-ink tattoo of a rose over her right breast. She stands close to a tree; behind her are two trunks and green leaves. Beyond the tree is a cement path bordered by green and yellow grass, and below the path is a lake, with a border of trees in the distance. Her demeanor is casual and alert, and she smiles slightly.

Self-Love and Inner Work Help Oakland Students Make It to Graduation

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Two men wearing hoodies and face masks shake hands while facing a boy who wears a backpack, face mask and blue hoodie on a sidewalk.

What's a Black School Worth in Oakland? Grass Valley Elementary Community Braces for 2nd Closure in a Decade

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People holding picket signs march on the street. Many wear "Oakland Education Association" T-shirts.

'We're Doing This for Our Students': Oakland Teachers Go on 1-Day Strike Over District's Plan to Close Schools

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A crowd of people at a protest on a street. Someone holds a sign that say "Save Schools."

Why Are Oakland Teachers Planning a 1-Day Strike on Friday?

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A young girl sits at a table in a classroom next to a teacher's aide.

'They See Us As Expendable': Oakland Families of Children With Disabilities Call School Closure Plan Discriminatory

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Several red and white signs shown from a distance with many people standing in front of City Hall in Oakland

Newsom Says He Won't Intervene to Stop Oakland Schools From Permanently Closing

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A young man, left, holds a picket sign reading "keep our schools open" while yelling to a passing car, a young woman holds another sign that is cut off from the photo, behind him, with blue skies behind them.

'How Dare You': Oakland School Closure Decision Inspires New Opposition Efforts

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Three young people stand with their signs. One in a purple jacket, one in a red jacket and one person in a jean jacket with a sign saying "Hands off our schools."

Oakland Moves to Close 7 Schools Despite Fierce Community Opposition

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Cartoon: one panel is titled #BlackHistoryMonth and features Ida Louise Jackson, Oakland's first teacher who taught at Prescott School in West Oakland. The second panel is titled, "#Tuesday" and shows a missing piece with no Jackson or school, the caption says, "Oakland's school board votes on closing Prescott..."

Will Scores of Schools in Oakland Be History?

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A woman in a purple shirt with the phrase 'Reparations for Black Students in Oakland' appears holding a pink protest sign with her fist up and Oakland City Hall in the background.

Teachers and Families Rally Ahead of Upcoming Vote on Oakland School Closures

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