News for the East Bay's diverse, working-class majority.
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Thousands of teachers, parents and students shut down most of the Oakland Unified School District and rallied to demand fully-funded public education.
“Progressive” Jerry Brown has been on a decades-long crusade to destroy public education for his own profit and that of his billionaire friends.
TFA thinks it can scare participants in Oakland into scabbing and betraying their coworkers and the students they serve. It’s not going to work.
A leader from the LA strike offers a primer for Oakland teachers. Here’s how to unite Oakland, crush the billionaire privatizers, and win a beautiful public education system for all students
OUSD sparked outrage this last week when they tried to hire scab teachers–for more than twice what they pay regular subs. Quick action by teachers shut down the district’s strikebreaking plans.
Theo and Lauren, two 17-year-old organizers behind today’s mass student walkout and march, tell us why they support unionized teachers, how they worked to build a more diverse movement, and why Sacramento is their next target.
The Oakland City Council will vote Tuesday, February 5 on a resolution supporting the demands of the Oakland teachers’ union.
Facing the closure of their school, only 14% of Roots students came to class today. The rest are staying home to teach OUSD a lesson, and to flex their power ahead of the upcoming teachers’ strike.
Students from preschool through adult ed deserve a rich, humane, and publicly-funded education. Education workers from daycare through universities must band together in a united movement to tax the rich and fund all our schools.
Students at Roots Academy are fighting to save their school community. When Chicago schools were under attack, one student who joined the struggle learned a political lesson that that still shapes her life.