Two Numbers that Explain Why Oakland’s Black families Aren’t Caught up in the Public School Wars - Great School Voices
Fifteen percent and fourteen percent. If you wonder why you largely don’t see Black parents engaged in the vitriolic debate over charters in Oakland—those numbers are the answer. 15% of Black elementary schoolers at charters schools can read at grade level. 14% of Black elementary school students at OUSD district schools can read at grade…
Dirk Tillotson
