Oakland has tried and failed several strategies to reduce charter school growth. Here I offer some free consulting (“POP” the sound of OUSD heads exploding) and two practical ways the district can reduce or even stop the growth of charters here. They won’t be easy, and they aren’t the sloganistic, short term symbolic actions that…
Month: February 2018
What’s Happening in Oakland Education this Week – 2/5/18
The African American Literature read in is in full effect and its not too late to volunteer, also, the OUSD teacher recruitment fair, meetings of the Community Advisory on Special Ed., the Audit committee, Measure N, Budget and Finance, the OUSD spelling bee and MLK Oratorical fest, governance training for charter boards, a community meeting…
The Oakland Education Roundup the Week of 2/2/18
All the news for Oakland education in one place–Last week, Mack celebrates another title, Is there a plan to close schools in 2 years, A Mills scholarship opportunity, why has public charter school growth slowed, Zendaya visits an OUSD school, a look at OUSD data, kids being kind, the District’s efforts to support refugees, ICE…
Why Black Families Support Charter Schools; Evidence from the Latest Survey
Black families are more dissatisfied with their neighborhood school options than other groups, and the more segregated the neighborhood, the more dissatisfied they are. Those were two big takeaways highlighted in a recent Brookings Institute summary of a new survey by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.…