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COMMENTARY: Resistance to School Closings and Privatization Drives Candidacies in 2022 School Board Elections | BlackPressUSA

By Ken Epstein | Post News Group Heading into the Fall 2022 school board election season, the political atmosphere remains highly energized in the wake of the community-wide rebellion that started last year when the school board, directed by state officials and their representatives, pushed the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to close schools and […]

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