Ashley McBride is an Education Reporter at The Oaklandside. She focuses on education equity, covering Oakland’s public district and charter schools, as well as broader themes related to educational policy and management. Ashley's work has been featured in Revolver Magazine, Berkeleyside, AARP, and several other notable publications.
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Oakland, United States (Local)
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Low pay and political fights have long kept parents from running for the Oakland school board. Now they’re showing up, on and off the ballot.
The policy was mandated by a new state law. OUSD also cited a desire to keep students engaged, reduce classroom distractions, and mitigate student conflicts.
By: Ashley McBride
On their first day back at school in Oakland Unified, students reluctantly surrendered their phones while teachers and staff hoped for higher engagement in class.
Superintendent Denise Saddler also said Oakland started the school year with the fewest teacher vacancies in years.
By: Ashley Mcbride
The district received a $500,000 grant from Sutter Health to expand training opportunities for EMTs, nursing assistants, and emergency room technicians.
By: Roselyn Romero, Ashley Mcbride
The victim — who was stabbed — was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Oakland schools have a problem with chronic absenteeism. The Greenlight Fund is investing $1 million to expand peer interventions that appear to work.
A proposed policy, echoing Los Angeles and San Diego, would forbid students from using devices during their free time and require district leaders to create guidelines for next year.
School board members delayed a vote on a partial laptop ban, saying they want to see more careful analysis — and student input — first.
By: Ashley McBride
There are open seats on oversight bodies that guide the school district on major initiatives from repurposing vacant properties to allocating tax dollars.
