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Oakland school board incumbents claim “billionaires” want to turn schools into… data centers?
Jennifer Brouhard and Valarie Bachelor made the claims in campaign videos, but none of their challengers has proposed anything of the sort, and state…
Oct 28
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland's teachers union is a special interest — it's the biggest spender on school board races since 2020.
OEA runs on $1.2 million a year, but its PAC has outspent every other committee in school board races since 2020 — and its parent union holds $574…
Oct 24
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Charlene Price
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Left out: Oaklandside’s election profiles are notable for what they don’t mention — and who comes out ahead.
Four candidate profiles left out the union’s role, the endorsements and money, and the incumbents’ votes. The promised funding and endorsement story…
Oct 11
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Alex Montana
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OEA teachers union rep caught posting political attack flyers outside high school’s main office
The flyers come a year after school principals reported union threats and intimidation. The union, Oakland Education Association is the biggest outside…
Oct 1
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Charlene Price
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Oakland school board profiles: Oaklandside put all the negatives on one candidate — the one the teachers union opposes
Every unflattering sentence in its District 4 profile was about Mike Hutchinson, but it elided his reasons for the votes it described. The challengers…
Sep 29
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Charlene Price
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Oakland’s teachers union backs Jennifer Brouhard — and her own party doesn’t. Oaklandside's profile mentions neither.
The profile gave Brouhard 59% of the space compared to her challenger; misstated a Stanford study and Prop 39; and supplied evidence for one side only …
Sep 23
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Charlene Price
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Oakland Unified’s general fund cash shrank by $100 million last year
OUSD still hasn’t identified $30 million in cuts it passed to balance its 2026-27 budget — and it’s now two months into the new fiscal year
Sep 9
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland school board director VanCedric Williams was paid by California teachers union. He denied it, then voted to approve teachers union…
The California Teachers Association reported paying Williams in each of the last three years for which it has filed. His disclosure forms list no income…
Sep 6
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Charlene Price
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Oakland’s Achilles heel — Letters to the editor
Wondering why a council member behaves like a nightclub act; who’s missing from the Sheng Thao witness list?; gross mismanagement at Oakland Unified …
Aug 25
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Oakland Report
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Six schools closed in Oakland in 2026. All were charter schools
The Oakland Unified school board told staff not to close any district-run schools, despite its own facility plan showing that its schools are only…
Aug 20
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Charlene Price
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Oakland Unified spent over $28,000 per student — more than any nearby district
Black and Hispanic students in Oakland Unified met English and Math standards at lower rates than Black and Hispanic students statewide — a gap of…
Aug 7
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Tarini Kakkar
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Oakland public school enrollment fell 35% — far more than the shrinking child population
Enrollment in the public schools OUSD runs has fallen 35% since 2000, while Oakland’s school-age population fell only 23%. Meanwhile, charter schools…
Jul 23
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Oakland Report
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