The Oakland Unified School District is reminding teachers to keep their personal political beliefs out of the classroom during an unauthorized “teach-in” planned for this week focused on the war in Gaza.

The teach-in, scheduled for Wednesday, is being promoted in a social media video posted Nov. 26 that urges teachers to help students understand how “the forces of imperialism and capitalism motivate the decisions of global leaders.”

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.