The Oakland Education Week in Review: 9/9-9/15

Last week, many views on the Sankofa/Kaiser merger and the role of race, fiscal updates from OUSD, Salesforce grants to OUSD, ending willful defiance suspensions, all that and much more. Please read share and get involved.

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Other Stories:

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Oakland:

California:

Other Stories:

  • The Upgrade Rule
    • “No one was telling us the school was failing.”
    • Tyra Wilson was concerned about the teacher and school leader turnover at her daughter’s school in New Orleans. Ty’Viana had three teachers in her first grade year at Medard Nelson Elementary, and it seemed like there was a new principal practically every year.
  • Beyond Grit & Resilience: How Black Men Impacted by the Crack Epidemic Succeeded Against the Odds and Obtained Doctoral Degrees
    • This comparative case study utilized oral histories to illuminate the life stories of three Black men who navigated their way through trauma. The goal of the study was to better understand how they navigated education and life experiences to eventually earn doctoral degrees.

Resources:

  • Public Charter School Day at the Oakland Athletics game
    • You are invited to a celebration of the amazing students, families and staff of public charter schools!
  • What Parents Need to Know About School Closures
    • School closures don’t happen often. But still, every year, some school systems will announce that they’re considering closures, and when they do happen, they’re hard on families. There’s no way around it: Seeing your school shut down is painful, and not knowing where your child will go to school in the fall is stressful, to say the least. That pain is compounded by the fact that school closures disproportionately affect communities of color and those that are economically disadvantaged.
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