It’s a mistake to say the education system is failing, at least in regards to Black students. It is not a coincidence that by most measures Black students are being left behind. And if it were only Oakland that would be one thing, but it is literally the same everywhere 200 million test scores were…
School District Budget
Five Minutes to Midnight on the OUSD Takeover, and Micro-Managing Won’t Help
Things went from bad to worse for OUSD’s finances. Three new data points came in this week and they all point towards insolvency. At the same time, we saw some board members digging in on employee contract clauses, trying to regulate their way out of this, and asking the Superintendent to develop a training plan…