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	<title>The Education Report &#187; OUSD central office</title>
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		<title>Health centers and &#8220;full-service community schools&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/12/05/school-health-centers-and-full-service-community-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photos by Roy Manzanares, courtesy of Oakland Unified Oakland Superintendent Tony Smith&#8217;s vision of full-service community schools is taking shape on some campuses, thanks to a school-based health center initiative that has picked up steam (and millions of dollars in funding) since 2008. Oakland Unified&#8217;s 12th health center opened this week, at the 1,900-student Skyline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Oakland teacher&#8217;s thoughts on &#8220;consolidation&#8221; &#8212; and what to call it, instead</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Braden, a technology prep teacher and Bay Area Writing Project consultant teacher at Oakland&#8217;s Bella Vista Elementary School, wrote this essay after learning two of his colleagues would be moved, or &#8220;consolidated,&#8221; to different schools next week &#8212; in mid-October. I wrote about the issue too, in this story. &#8211; Katy The Merriam Webster app [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from a long and eventful board meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/06/23/notes-from-a-long-and-eventful-board-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight&#8217;s &#8212; or should I say, last night&#8217;s &#8212;  5 p.m. Oakland school board meeting went till midnight. I observed so much from my ergonomically incorrect wooden seat: The NAACP&#8216;s Oakland branch showed up in force to register their concerns about complaints they&#8217;d heard from students and alumni about problem teachers, institutional racism and African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan for Oakland schools up for approval Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/06/16/plan-for-oakland-schools-up-for-approval-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, the Oakland school board is scheduled to vote on the superintendent&#8217;s five-year strategic plan &#8212; the product of 14 task forces and, according to the document, some 350 task force and community meetings. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. in the board room at 1025 Second Ave. It&#8217;s supposed to run about two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OUSD budget trends and another central reorg</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first reading of the Oakland school district&#8217;s 2011-12 budget proposal happens at tonight&#8217;s 5 p.m. board meeting (Catch it live here). So I did some number crunching, building on an analysis from earlier in the year that compared 2009-10 spending and 2010-11* budget estimates. You&#8217;ll find the combined totals toward the bottom of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four more years for Tony Smith?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WEDNESDAY UPDATE: The Oakland school board unanimously extended the superintendent&#8217;s contract through June 2015. The Oakland school board votes Wednesday whether to extend the current, three-year contract for Superintendent Tony Smith (which expires in June 2012) for another three years. No changes in pay &#8212; $265,000 salary &#8212; or benefits. You can see the full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland Unified&#8217;s strategic plan: It&#8217;s here.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 01:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I plowed through a draft of the Oakland school district&#8217;s strategic plan today &#8212; all 50 pages of it. It&#8217;ll be discussed at a special board meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday (tomorrow) at the district headquarters. You&#8217;ll find links to the report below. I won&#8217;t be surprised if long-time observers of the school system remind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An OUSD survey on working conditions</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/05/03/an-ousd-survey-on-working-conditions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 21:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oakland teachers, counselors, principals and other credentialed school-based staff: Friday is the deadline for completing an anonymous online survey about what it&#8217;s like to work at each school in the district. How much time do you spend on various tasks during the school day? Outside of the regular school day? Are efforts made at your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland schools to cancel more layoff notices</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/04/19/ousd-pink-slip-update-more-notices-canceled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/04/19/ousd-pink-slip-update-more-notices-canceled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week after announcing that none of its elementary school teachers would be laid off strictly for budget reasons, the Oakland school district is gearing up to cancel more layoff notices &#8212; though not all of them. Art, English and physical education are among the subjects likely to be completely spared from layoffs based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OUSD budget Q &amp; A at Mack tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/04/11/ousd-budget-q-a-at-mack-tomorrow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/04/11/ousd-budget-q-a-at-mack-tomorrow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[View Larger Map If you were shut out of last week&#8217;s crowded budget workshop, you still have a chance to hear the Oakland school district administration&#8217;s latest plan and ask questions about it. Superintendent Tony Smith reported Wednesday that California school districts could lose $844 per student, which is a 16 percent reduction in state [...]]]></description>
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