It’s been one month since the start of the school year in Oakland, and teachers’ and parents’ fears over COVID safety have not disappeared – but neither has their will to keep their children or themselves safe. We spoke with one Oakland Unified...
Second school year under Covid-19 August 30, 2021, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, Translated from French A week before the fateful date, the conditions for back to school were still unclear. Schools are now back in...
From an Oakland teacher: It is back to school in person as the coronavirus’ delta variant surges across the globe. For some, the summer was a respite from the trials of the pandemic – in many areas, indoor activities resumed, and outside, many were going without a...
A letter from a teacher I am a teacher at an elementary school in East Oakland, California. East Oakland may only be 10 minutes from downtown, but it is like traveling through a vortex – from clean streets to smoldering piles of garbage, from new developments to...
The Crisis in Education The problems in education can’t be solved within a single classroom or school. Education in every society serves to maintain the existing order and to socialize young people to function within it. That means educating children to function in...
