last week, lost of money coming into OUSD, how will it be spent, the Curry’s are delivering, the diversity in Black and Brown families, looks at reopening, stabilizing enrollment and keeping transparency, congrats to Tech’s first Black valedictorian, a powerful parent story, a tragic death, its still choice time and we have open seat data and schools making progress, all that and more please read share and get involved
Oakland:
- Here’s how Oakland Unified wants to spend its $735 million bond
- Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s foundation serves 16 million meals for Oakland families
- ‘We’re Not a Monolith’: Some Black and Brown Parents in Oakland Feel Conflicted as In-Person Learning Returns
- Oakland Pre-K Through 6th Grade Classes Set to Reopen Monday
- Oakland teachers, district reach tentative agreement for upcoming school year
- Let’s Stabilize Enrollment But Also Make Informed Decisions
- Oakland Technical High senior to be school’s first Black male valedictorian
- More Oakland Unified Elementary Students Return to School
- A Champion for her son, the community, and a future doctor — meet FIA leader Savoy Key
- ‘Wonderful’ Oakland teen killed by stray bullet to be remembered
- He’s Oakland Tech’s first Black male valedictorian and he just got accepted into 11 universities
California:
- Why does California disappoint in preschool access and quality?
- As California schools reopen to in-person instruction, students and families decide if it’s right for them
Other Stories:
- The ‘New Redlining’ Is Deciding Who Lives in Your Neighborhood
- Five questions about Adam Toledo’s education
Resources:
- Charter schools with open seats for next school year
- Middle Schools that Showed Progress with Latinx Children
- 2021 Summer Fellowship for Teachers on Race and Housing in the Bay Area
How You Can Help:
Oakland:
- Here’s how Oakland Unified wants to spend its $735 million bond
- Board members were split on how and where to relocate the district’s central office staff from its current $243,000-a-month downtown office.
- Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s foundation serves 16 million meals for Oakland families
- After learning many families in Oakland, California, have dealt with food insecurities since the beginning of the pandemic, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha, got to work to addressing the issue.
- ‘We’re Not a Monolith’: Some Black and Brown Parents in Oakland Feel Conflicted as In-Person Learning Returns
- On Monday, the Oakland Unified School District will welcome back third through sixth graders at select schools. But as kids prepare a gradual return to in-person learning, some parents are still feeling hesitant about ending distance learning altogether.
- Oakland Pre-K Through 6th Grade Classes Set to Reopen Monday
- With thousands of students set to return to Oakland Unified School District classrooms on Monday, there are still issues being negotiated between OUSD and teachers’ union
- Oakland teachers, district reach tentative agreement for upcoming school year
- The Oakland teachers union and the city’s school district have reached a tentative agreement for full in-person instruction for the 2021-22 school year, district officials said Monday.
- Let’s Stabilize Enrollment But Also Make Informed Decisions
- Enrollment data (the number of students attending schools) stirs much debate in OUSD board meetings and throughout Oakland education circles. I, for one, have repeatedly questioned my own understanding of enrollment trends after listening to discussions on topics ranging from how many eligible students are in district-run schools to the enrollment drop-off in certain grades, both of which are discussed below.
- Oakland Technical High senior to be school’s first Black male valedictorian
- When 18-year-old Ahmed Muhammad graduates from Oakland Technical High School next month, he will make history by becoming the school’s first Black male to be named valedictorian.
- More Oakland Unified Elementary Students Return to School
- Emily Turner reports on next group of Oakland elementary school students returning to classrooms
- A Champion for her son, the community, and a future doctor — meet FIA leader Savoy Key
- For Savoy Key, being a FIA Family Leader comes naturally. She has always advocated for her son — and fought, raised her voice, done whatever it takes — to ensure he receives the best education and the best care. From the beginning.
- ‘Wonderful’ Oakland teen killed by stray bullet to be remembered
- Family and friends this week are planning to celebrate the life of Demetrius Fleming-Davis, the playful and nurturing 18-year-old with an unforgettable smile who was killed by a stray bullet in East Oakland April 10.
- He’s Oakland Tech’s first Black male valedictorian and he just got accepted into 11 universities
- With a 4.73 grade point average — and a 5.0 so far in his senior year — Ahmed Muhammad will be Oakland Technical High School’s valedictorian next month — the first Black male valedictorian in the school’s 106-year history.
California:
- Why does California disappoint in preschool access and quality?
- California continues to lag behind other states in preschool access and quality and the pandemic didn’t help matters, according to a national report that ranks all state-funded preschool programs.
- As California schools reopen to in-person instruction, students and families decide if it’s right for them
- Across California, schools are opening their doors again, a first step toward rebounding from the pandemic. But for most students in EdSource’s families project, life remains far from normal.
Other Stories:
- The ‘New Redlining’ Is Deciding Who Lives in Your Neighborhood
- Housing segregation by race and class is a fountainhead of inequality in America, yet for generations, politicians have been terrified to address the issue. That is why it is so significant that President Biden has proposed, as part of his American Jobs Act, a $5 billion race-to-the-top competitive grants program to spur jurisdictions to “eliminate exclusionary zoning and harmful land use policies.”
- Five questions about Adam Toledo’s education
- On Thursday afternoon, Chicago officials released police body camera footage showing the death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo in an alley, shot by a police officer with his empty hands in the air. The disturbing video reignited the growing debate over police violence, racist policing, and the mistreatment Black and Latinx communities in America.
Resources:
- Charter schools with open seats for next school year
- If you are looking for school for the next school year (2021-2022), there are still many great school choices in both the district and charters, if you are still looking, please apply and find the right spot for your child. Go to Oakland Enrolls to submit your application.
- Middle Schools that Showed Progress with Latinx Children
- Where you send your child to school is one of the most important decisions you can make. We haven’t had new school quality data from the state due to distance learning, so the data is from the 2018-19 school year and I wanted to highlight some of the schools making progress with Oakland children, and encourage families to visit. Every child is different, and I will break it down into subgroups (schools showing progress with Black, Brown and low income students) in the next few weeks and highlight these schools that have open seats for next school year. You can also take a look at the schoolfinder tool to find local schools.
- 2021 Summer Fellowship for Teachers on Race and Housing in the Bay Area
- This teacher fellowship will center around the theme of race and housing in the Bay Area. For the second straight year of this program, we will examine the region’s histories of racial dispossession and housing, the geographies they have created, and current policy and organizing work around housing justice. We invite K-12 teachers to join us as we delve into resources and materials developed by the Othering & Belonging Institute and others, hear from prominent local activists and community leaders, and craft meaningful curriculum to facilitate students’ understanding of these issues and engagement with how their communities fit into the broader regional and national picture.
How You Can Help:
- East Oakland Youth Development Center is raising money for fire repairs
- The East Oakland Youth Development Center is raising money for repairs after smoke from an early morning fire damaged the building’s entryway early Thursday morning.
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