This week in our education preview, we have blueprint meetings, OUSD and ACOE Board meetings, the inaugural Black Girl Power conference, establishing a “Growth Heartset,” funding and training opportunities for educators, an autism conference, the Latinx read in, Waldorf and Trauma, volunteer opportunities and much more 9/11– OUSD Audit Committee 6:00PM KDOL TV Studio, B-237,…
Month: September 2017
Oakland Education Roundup- The Week in Review August 8th
Our weekly look back at the education news coming out of Oakland and beyond Oakland Oakland program brings out students’ hidden genius– It’s summer vacation, but these young Bay Area teens are laser focused. Inside Oakland’s David Glover Education and Technology Center their laptops are in hand and finger tips busy coding away. ktvu.com Great stuff…
Who’s Afraid of an IEP? A Lot of Black Families
“Don’t let them kick me out.” That’s what “Johnny” (not his real name) said when he heard that his new school found out about his special needs and Individualized education plan (IEP). His mom was worried too, she had seen several restrictive schools, where restraints were regular and sometimes bordered on assaults. Well, they were…
Oakland Education This Week and Beyond-Trainings, Meetings, and Educator Opportunities
This week in our education preview, Sanctuary Schools, Reforming Prop 13, and the Budget and Finance Committee, further out we have blueprint meetings, an autism conference, Waldorf and Trauma, as well as opportunities for teachers and school leaders take a look This Week 9/5–OUSD’s Measure N Commission 5:00pm – 6:30pm, KDOL TV Studio, B-237, Met…
Charter School Transparency and Ethics In Oakland-The Facts
After two special meetings this week discussing charter schools by the OUSD board I was more confused than enlightened. And while there are legitimate, if sometimes overstated, critiques of charters and the effect they can have on the broader system, some of what I heard was just factually wrong, and could have been corrected by…