Everything Oakland education, this week, OUSD and ACOE board meetings, the OUSD college Fair, OUSD Blueprint surveys are due, Michael Kirst on California’s reforms, Mills Teacher Scholars gathering, volunteer opportunities at the Alameda Food Bank, ways to help teachers, grants for murals and more take a look and share 10/9/2017 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM…
Month: October 2017
The Oakland Education Roundup Week of October 6th
Our weekly look back on everything Oakland education; the OUSD budget and enrollment numbers, good looks at homelessness in Oakland and beyond, the latest CA poll numbers, recaps of OUSD meetings, opportunities to help educators and more, please take a look If you want this regularly please follow me on Facebook, Twitter or subscribe to the blog…
Breaking the Cycle in Oakland: A Woke Grandparent’s Story
Connie Williams is a mother and grandmother of Oakland public school children, she also graduated from Oakland public schools. She is one of the lead parents in the Oakland REACH, a new parent driven organization advocating for quality education for ALL of Oakland’s families with a focus on equity. Making our Voices Heard We are the…
The Good the Bad and the Troubling in the OUSD Budget
Oakland Unified finally got some good news in its enrollment numbers. Who knew that doing community outreach, simplifying the enrollment process, and opening a new school that families wanted would attract more students? It’s a bit more complicated than that, but it’s still good news. However, before we start popping champagne, we still need to…
The Report Oakland Needs to Read
OUSD’s predicament of being a declining enrollment district while charter schools grow is not unique, and it needn’t be so painful according to a new report out of the Center for Reinventing Public Education. The report had some hard truths on both “sides.” And some key lessons for each public school sector to accept if…