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	<title>The Education Report &#187; initiatives</title>
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	<description>Katy Murphy&#039;s blog on Oakland schools</description>
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		<title>Oakland school board to vote on local governance policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow night, the Oakland school board votes on a resolution that would establish its intent to give principals, school staff members and families greater authority to improve their school as they see fit. Each school would create a &#8220;Theory of Action,&#8221; to which it would align its &#8220;people, programs, money, and time.&#8221; The board would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last chance to attend Saturday&#8217;s OUSD Teacher Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tribune file photo of 2011 convention by Laura A. Oda Last spring, at its first-ever teacher convention, delegates told the district administration &#8212; loud and clear &#8212; that often the most valuable support and training came from colleagues, rather than outside experts, and that teachers needed a chance to come together and share ideas. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday: Conference for Oakland&#8217;s African-American families</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/04/16/saturday-conference-for-oaklands-african-american-families/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents can learn about transitional kindergarten, how to advocate for their children, how to help them at home, and what it will take for them to graduate high school and be ready for college at a free Saturday event for African-American families. The African American Spring Parent Conference, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Posted: Oakland&#8217;s new high school teaching positions</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/03/09/posted-oaklands-new-high-school-teaching-positions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[high schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[OUSD is hiring an unspecified number of teachers (a.k.a. &#8220;teacher leaders&#8221; or &#8220;Acceleration High School: Teachers On Special Assignment&#8221;) to work an 11-month year at Castlemont, Fremont and McClymonds high school campuses. The jobs, which were posted on EdJoin.org late this afternoon, are open to candidates at other schools and even those outside of OUSD. As [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>90</slash:comments>
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		<title>For some Oakland teachers, a job re-application</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/02/27/for-some-oakland-teachers-a-job-re-application/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[high schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we reported on Saturday night, teachers on Oakland&#8217;s Fremont and Castlemont campuses and at McClymonds High School have recently learned that if they want to stay at their schools they will have to reapply. And soon. The Oakland school district administration says it will replace the current, 10-month teaching positions with an 11-month (204-day) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Mutual matching&#8221; off the table in Oakland</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/02/21/mutual-matching-off-the-table-in-oakland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will be no mutual matching in OUSD this spring. Without the support it needed from the Oakland Education Association, the OUSD administration says it&#8217;s run out of time to reach an agreement with union leaders and implement changes to its teacher transfer policies for the upcoming school year. There will be some changes for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OUSD&#8217;s strategic plan &#8212; and your place in it</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/02/15/ousds-strategic-plan-and-your-place-in-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/02/15/ousds-strategic-plan-and-your-place-in-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday evening, I&#8217;ll be speaking on a panel convened by the League of Women Voters about the strategic plan the Oakland school board adopted last year. The event, from 6-8 p.m. at Oakland City Hall, is titled &#8220;The Promise and the Challenge.&#8221; I&#8217;ve been invited to talk about the role the community should &#8212; or needs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OUSD board might give local schools more control</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/02/13/ousd-board-might-give-local-schools-more-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the Oakland school board&#8217;s Special Committee on School-Based Management and Budgeting? It&#8217;s meeting now, and teachers, parents and administrators are at the table to discuss the issues. Oakland Community Organizations &#8212; which believes schools need more control over curriculum, budget, staffing and scheduling &#8212; held a news conference before the session. You can watch [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>A youth and family center opens at McClymonds</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/02/02/a-youth-and-family-center-opens-at-mcclymonds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/02/02/a-youth-and-family-center-opens-at-mcclymonds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The McClymonds Youth and Family Center, a project years in the making, opened today on the high school campus. I wrote a story about this happy occasion for West Oakland. Tribune photographer D. Ross Cameron took the below photos of the renovated space (the main area above and the dance studio below), which students helped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland gets serious about school food</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/02/01/oakland-gets-serious-about-school-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo by D. Ross Cameron/Staff For the first time in 15 years, the federal government has rewritten the rules for what must &#8212; and can&#8217;t &#8212; be served in its public school lunchrooms. Meanwhile, some OUSD staff, parents and local organizations are formulating some plans of their own, which they presented at the last school [...]]]></description>
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