The latest poll numbers are in and they don’t bode well for public education. Support for charter public schools, while still predominantly favorable, eroded, while net support for vouchers grew in the latest Education Next poll. Concerted attacks on charters have been moderately successful, and in some cases the charter sector itself has been its…
Month: August 2017
Who Trump’s “Bad Hombres” Really Are? The Real Face of Deportation in Oakland and What You Can Do
We are seeing our first close up look at Trump’s deportations in Oakland and they are not making us safer or greater. On Tuesday the ICE plans to deport an oncology nurse working at Highland hospital, and her truck driver husband, who by all account have lived exemplary lives, in the US. This will leave…
What We Learned from Our Superintendent’s First Press Conference
It was a strong start for OUSD’s new superintendent Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell in her first press conference, mostly for what she didn’t say. Normally the new superintendent comes in with a new slogan sourced through a marketing firm, 9 point plan that has a smartly created acronym attached to it, a fancy powerpoint, an iconic…
Great School Voices’ Oakland Education Preview- Week of 8/7
Our regular look at upcoming educational events in Oakland and regionally, if you have an event you would like to include please email me. Alameda County Office of Education board meets 8/8 at 6:30, you can see the board agenda here, note that it includes the public hearing for the COVA K-8 charter. OUSD has…
The Crisis in California’s Public Education System
By Chris Bertelli There is a crisis in California’s public education system. According to teachers unions and the NAACP, the crisis involves an attempted takeover of the public school system by greedy billionaires and profit machines, led by modern day George Wallaces. In truth, 90% of California’s public school children attend a district-run school, governed…