Oakland Unified students are on their fifth day at home or at school with limited instruction because their teachers are on strike. The Oakland branch of the NAACP has urged the teachers union to end the strike, saying it is hurting children.
Oakland Unified students are on their fifth day at home or at school with limited instruction because their teachers are on strike. The"We know that our children'sshould never be compromised, and education is critical to ending intergenerational poverty," said Cynthia Adams, president of the Oakland NAACP in a statement Monday.
Oakland's scores on standardized tests lag behind the state average. Just over 35 percent of the district's students met or exceeded standards in English language arts, compared with the state average of 47.6 percent in 2022. Oakland teachers on strike took their picket line to a new spot early Thursday morning, picketing outside a school district office under construction.
The statement expressed its support for the district's teachers but questioned whether a strike should have been called so close to the end of the school year. The school year in the district ends May 25.
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