The Oakland Ed Week in Review: 4/19-4/25

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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