The Oakland Education Week in Review: 11/23-11/29

A slower week, but there is an amazing conference on 12/1 where young people will lead the conversation on mental health and the challenges of distance learning, believe it or not, its time to choose your school for next year so please take part in open enrollment, some looks at the charter laws effects and also the greed of broadband companies during the pandemic

Oakland:

• Young people lead conversation on mental health challenges of distance learning

California:

• As California’s New Charter Law Takes Effect, Schools Bracing for Shutdowns Could Win a Reprieve from Pandemic

Other Stories:

• Comcast Prepares to Screw Over Millions With Data Caps in 2021

Resources:

• Explore your options and enroll

Oakland:

• Young people lead conversation on mental health challenges of distance learning
  • The mental health challenges can add up quickly. Experts are saying, “Kids have hit a wall.” The challenges distance learning places on students’ emotional and psychological needs, and how they are coping, is the topic of a youth-led conference on December 1: Navigating COVID-19 with Distance Learning: Mental Health and Academic Needs.

California:

• As California’s New Charter Law Takes Effect, Schools Bracing for Shutdowns Could Win a Reprieve from Pandemic
  • Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new charter school law intended to settle a longstanding feud between charter operators and those calling for tighter restrictions on their growth.

Other Stories:

• Comcast Prepares to Screw Over Millions With Data Caps in 2021
  • Next year, Comcast will start charging Xfinity customers in northeastern US states overage fees for exceeding their monthly data cap. As The Verge reports, customers not on an unlimited plan who exceed 1.2 TB of data in a month will have to pay $10 for every 50 GB of data they go over, topping out at $100. To put that into context, streaming HD video over uses about 3 GB per hour. Cloud gaming over something like Stadia uses about 10 GB of data every hour at 1080p. So if you’re not watching your data usage carefully, you could end up with a higher than normal monthly bill.

Resources:

• Explore your options and enroll
  • Oakland Enrolls Executive Director Lisa Gibes de Gac shares the need-to-know information about Oakland public school enrollment for the 2021–22 school year.