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New Library Branch Coming to West Oakland

On April 14, the Oakland City Council voted to purchase the former Community Foods Market building at 3105 San Pablo Ave for a new...

California Mandates Phone Restrictions: What to expect in the upcoming school year. 

California is moving towards a new era of a “phone-free” education. Following the signing of Assembly Bill 3216, also known as the Phone-Free School...

Oakland Tech Introduces Student Athletic Trainer/Medic Program

Oakland Tech is starting a new program in the fall where Health Academy students will serve as medics and athletic trainers at football games....

4th New Mural Commissioned at Tech; Set for Fall Completion

Often in the Town, culture and art collide in many different ways. One way we see this is the hundreds of murals that line...

Ballot Measure Aims to Avert Public Transit Crisis

Public transit companies across the Bay Area are facing serious service cutbacks if they are unable to acquire additional funding. Companies such as BART,...

Teachers’ Union Makes Tentative Agreement with OUSD

The Oakland Education Association (OEA) agreed to a tentative deal with the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) on Friday, February 27. In this agreement,...

Oakland Literacy Conference Marks Tenth Year of Oakland Leadership

On March 7, the Oakland Literacy Coalition held their fifth annual Literacy Justice for All Conference, bringing together literacy advocates from across the US....

Students want more options; welcome in eight AP classes

Next year, new AP classes are scheduled to be added to the Oakland Tech class catalog. AP classes offer an opportunity to earn college...