Ashley McBride
Education Equity Reporter at The Oaklandside
covering Oakland schools for @Oaklandside | @univmiami @newhouseSU alumna | [email protected]
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1 day ago |
oaklandside.org | Ashley McBride
Twenty-two years ago, with Oakland Unified School District teetering on the brink of insolvency, the state offered a deal: a $100 million loan, the largest in California history, in exchange for control over the district’s day-to-day operations. OUSD had little choice but to agree, and so began the district’s long stint in what’s known as receivership, first under the state and later under the county.
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5 days ago |
oaklandside.org | Ashley McBride
During the occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969, hundreds of Native American activists reclaimed the land from the federal government. They penned the Alcatraz Proclamation that outlined their goals — among them, creating a center for Native American studies and an Indian training school to give Native people a grounding in their own history, culture, and traditions. To that end, they established the “Big Rock School,” where mothers, aunts, and elders taught the children on the island.
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6 days ago |
oaklandside.org | Azucena Rasilla |Ashley McBride
Oakland is a big, diverse, and complicated city, and it’s foolhardy to generalize about its residents. But the 2025 mayor’s race was decided by voters who split along an old line of difference that has played a key role in elections for decades — hills vs. flatlands. Barbara Lee, the winner, received a majority of votes in virtually every precinct below I-580, as well as parts of North Oakland and lower Rockridge around Highway 24.
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1 week ago |
oaklandside.org | Ashley McBride
In the aftermath of the pandemic, anxious conversations about school closures have been a near constant as districts around the country grapple with lower enrollment and funding. In Oakland Unified, which has lost 20,000 students in the last 25 years, closures are a fraught topic that often bring a community backlash in the form of protests, walkouts, and meeting disruptions. Over the last five years, OUSD has attempted closing schools as a way to stabilize the district budget.
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oaklandside.org | Ashley McBride
The director of Oakland’s Head Start program was removed from her position last week, leaving advocates and staff concerned about the fate of the early education program in the city. Diveena Cooppan was one of two Head Start employees placed on leave Friday, April 25. Cooppan had been in her role since 2019.
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