Ashley McBride is an Education Reporter at The Oaklandside. She focuses on education equity, covering both Oakland’s public district and charter schools, while also exploring themes related to climate change and the environment. Ashley's work has been featured in Revolver Magazine, Berkeleyside, AARP, World Wealth Journal, and NewsBreak.
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By: Ashley McBride
The state's delay of $5.6 billion in Prop 98 funds could shortchange Oakland Unified of $27 million, according to the teachers union.
By: Ashley Mcbride
Early childhood educators and supporters rallied in downtown Oakland on Monday to raise awareness about precarity in the industry.
By: Ashley McBride
In California, childcare workers, those who teach and care for the state's youngest residents, earn a median wage of less than $16 an hour. That's half as much as elementary and middle school teachers' median salaries, and $10 below the median wage for all workers in the state, according to the UC Berkeley's Center for the Study of Childcare Employment.
School district leaders also revealed that the teacher contract reached in February will cost the district $108 million over three years.
By: Ashley Mcbride
Kyla Johnson-Trammell separated from Oakland Unified School District in July 2025 after eight years at the helm.
Air monitors are currently online at 56 Oakland Unified School District campuses, with plans underway to expand to 75.
As long as it makes some strategic cuts, Oakland Unified School District will be able to pay its bills for the next two years, district officials reassured the board and public on Wednesday. In a split vote, the school board certified the latest budget update as “positive,” an improvement from...
By: Ashley Mcbride
In OUSD’s first year out of receivership, parents see an opportunity to influence the district’s long-term restructuring. The group is holding a meeting this evening at Fremont High School.
By: Twyla Hoshida, Zoe Psomas, Ashley McBride
A new state law means Oakland Unified must implement a districtwide policy prohibiting student cell phone use by July 1.
By: Ashley McBride
A group of Oakland public school parents and community members have spotted an opening. Now that Oakland Unified School District is no longer in receivership, Matt Glaser, a Peralta Elementary school parent, said, there's a chance for families to lead the charge on restructuring the district. He and several other volunteers came together to spearhead a new entity, the OUSD Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Group, or MSEG — pronounced “message.” It launches this summer with the goal of getting participation and insights from every school community as the district begins the overdue work of reshaping the district.
