Bad Arguments Against Common Enrollment Part 2

  The debate over creating a common enrollment system for parents that includes charters and district schools rages on.  I attended the recent OUSD engagement session and the Oakland Post also ran an op-ed critiquing common enrollment by Rosie Torres, “’Common Enrollment’ is a Misfit for the Problems that Plague Oakland Schools Retaining and improving…


Bad Arguments Against Common Enrollment Part 1

As OUSD debates a proposal to create one unified enrollment system that includes charters and district schools the Contra Costa Times has framed the debate as whether we are creating, “a streamlined system that allows families to more easily navigate a daunting array of school applications to find the best fit for their child…(or) another…


Housing should not be Destiny- Reforming Enrollment Rules to Increase Equity

Low income students in Oakland are 18.3 times more likely to be in lowest scoring schools in reading than their more advantaged peers.  That was one of the most striking results in the recent CRPE study.  And while that was the most jarring stat, putting Oakland in dead last among the 50 cities studies, every…