Oakland parents join teachers in 1-day strike over school closures ABC News 4/29/22

'We're Doing This for Our Students': Oakland Teachers Go on 1-Day Strike Over District's Plan to Close Schools KQED 4/29/22

Oakland schools empty amid teacher strike as district loses bid with state board to stop labor action SF Chronicle 4/29/22

'Oakland is a union town!': Teachers walk out over school consolidation plan Fox KTVU 4/29/22

Hundreds of Oakland Unified School District Teachers Launch One-Day Strike NBC Bay Area 4/29/22

‘We’re going to continue to fight’: Oakland teachers strike over school closures Oaklandside 4/29/22

Outrage greets OUSD board at first in-person meeting since school-closures vote Oaklandside 4/14/22

Oakland parents fought to create La Escuelita. Now they’re fighting to save it Oaklandside 3/30/22

Oakland school closures: Parker K-8’s close-knit community Oaklandside 3/15/22

Will an Oakland school’s campus become housing? Medium 3/10/22

School Closures: Community Day serves Oakland’s most vulnerable students. Where will they go? Oaklandside 3/9/22

Oakland teachers, parents continue fight to keep schools open KTVU 3/5/22

Opponents of Oakland school closures return to ‘crime scene’ to protest SF Chronicle 3/5/22

Community Love: The Fuel For Fighting the Machine KQED 3/4/22

'How Dare You': Oakland School Closure Decision Inspires New Opposition Efforts 2/21/22

Hunger Strikers on Democracy Now! 2/8/22

Oakland Teachers, Community Members Protest School Closures NBC Bay Area 2/1/22

‘We will not eat’: Teachers declare hunger strike over Oakland schools closure plan SF Chronicle 2/1/22

Another Oakland Teacher Sickout SF Chronicle 1/18/22

Student Protests Over Omicron Safety Concerns KPIX 1/18/22

Sickout Planned in Oakland ABC7 1/18/22

Inside the Student-Led Covid Walkouts Wired 1/17/22

More Bay Area School Sickouts Are Planned KTVU 1/12/22

Oakland Teachers Plan Sickout Oaklandside 1/6/22

Uncertainty around COVID protocols marked Oakland schools’ first week back Oaklandside

Oakland schools close 2 classes because of COVID-19 cases SF Gate

Letter from Elmhurst teachers to OUSD School Board

VIDEO of Elmhurst teachers reading letter to OUSD School Board on 11.13.2019

Coach Tapscott on charter schools and gentrification in Oakland, 2016 KPFA radio

Here’s what Oakland’s new district map means for OUSD schools Oaklandside 2/24/22

How Does OUSD Compare to their Chosen Comparison Districts?

Should We Question the Purported Benefits of School Closures? National Education Policy Center 3/8/22

Brief History of School Closures in Oakland

Disaster Capitalism, the Privatization Network, and the Neoliberal Reconstruction of OUSD Nirali Jani

A Stance Against School Closures Is a Stance Against Hunger

Land Grab: Real Estate Connection to Closures

Community Advisory Committee for Special Education Slides 2/7/22

Schools Closings Creating Community Uproar in Oakland Thomas Ultican 2/1/22

Dr. Kimberly Mayfield and Dr. Kitty Kelly Epstein Speak Out Against School Closures 2/2/22

Privatizing Oakland Schools Black Agenda Report

Slides from OEA Political Involvement Committee on Privatization & School Board Elections

Challenges & Community Responses in Oakland's Public School System

Everything you need to know about the proposed Oakland school closures East Bay Majority 5/6/19

Manufactured Education Crisis Engenders Violence Thomas Ultican

Shiny Choices and Shitty Outcomes Zach Norris

Ad Hoc Committee OEA Minority Report

OEA fact finding report (mostly about OUSD’s upside-down spending priorities)

BOP’s People’s Plan for police-free schools

Challenges and Community Response to Oakland School Closures [PDF]

Slides from OUSD Budget Forum 1/25/22

NPE Toolkit – School Privatization Explained

Implications of School Choice in the United States Frank Adamson, 3/31/22

Privatizing Educator Training to End Public Education Thomas Ultican 2/17/22

National Studies Show School Closings Often Don't Save Much Money Or Improve Student Performance Hartford Courant

17 studies that tell us something about how school closures affect students Chalkbeat

Whose Choice? Student Experiences and Outcomes in the New Orleans School Marketplace

Top 10 Reasons School Choice is No Choice Steven Singer

Student Mobility: How It Affects Learning Education Week 8/11/2016

Data from 2013 Chicago School Closures Chicago Tribune

How to talk to your family about charter schools during the holidays In the Public Interest

The K-12 Takeover Big Philanthropy’s bid to privatize education Harpers

New Orleans Charter School Problems Exposed At NAACP Hearing Huffington Post

A Layman’s Guide to the Destroy Public Education Movement San Diego Free Press

Eli Broad’s Superintendent Academy Goes Ivy League Capital and Main

The Charter-to-Prison Pipeline The Progressive

Segregation Is Worse in Charter Schools The Progressive

How To Profit From Your Nonprofit Charter School Forbes

Urban school reform is really about land development Washington Post

Black and White of Education in Chicago’s Public Schools Chicago Teachers Union