Last week, how Oakland’s digital divide plan is bound to fail, the efforts OUSD is making around graduation, the superintendent’s words, profiling a Fremont teacher fighting to get access for her students, students lead the way in protests, what would systemic change look like, the coming budget cuts and more, please read, share and get involved
Oakland:
- Who Gets Paid and Who Gets Served, Why Oakland’s 12 Million Dollar Plan Wont Close the Digital Divide
- Oakland Unified helps seniors overcome graduation challenges
- Connecting with Kyla, In the Absence of True Peace…
- A Fremont High teacher fights for her students’ future and their access to the internet
- Charter Schools with Open Seats on 6/1, You Can Still Apply, Many Great Choices
- Oakland Unified helps seniors overcome graduation challenges
- Oakland students organize protest of George Floyd death, pleading to be heard
- 15,000 People Attend Youth Rally in Oakland, CA; Police Continue Attacks on Protesters
- Never Back to “Normal” if Black Lives Matter
- For 9 years, the Black Organizing Project has been campaigning to remove police from Oakland schools. Will it finally happen?
California:
- California measure to reform Proposition 13 qualifies for ballot
- Connecting California: Dear California kids, use your unprecedented power
- ‘A turning point’: California education leaders speak out about racism and police brutality
- What Would ‘Systemic Change’ Look Like? California’s Black Lawmakers Have Some Ideas
- Learning loss and achievement gaps top discussion on school reopening
- California lawmakers would spare K-12 schools from any budget cuts
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Oakland:
- Who Gets Paid and Who Gets Served, Why Oakland’s 12 Million Dollar Plan Wont Close the Digital Divide
- I appreciate the generosity of those that gave to the so called “Oakland Undivided” campaign. There are literally thousands of underserved Oakland students who cannot get into the digital schoolhouse door. It was encouraging to see the fundraising goal met in less than a week. I am a lot less encouraged by the actual plan to spend the money, and I doubt whether it will provide a sustainable solution or whether it will actually serve the families it is intended for.
- Oakland Unified helps seniors overcome graduation challenges
- Amid pandemic fears and distance learning challenges, school districts throughout the United States are finding ways to help as many high school seniors as they can do what they need to do to graduate this year.
- Connecting with Kyla, In the Absence of True Peace…
- Dear Oakland Community,I write today to join in the national call for justice as well to express my support of our students and families. I am outraged by George Floyd’s death at the hands of the police. This outrage is only heightened by the recent murder of Ahmad Arbery for simply jogging in a white neighborhood, and a string of other cases in which African American men had the police called on them to scapegoat their accusers’ own misconduct and criminal acts.
- A Fremont High teacher fights for her students’ future and their access to the internet
- Saying Fremont High School in East Oakland serves a high-needs student population is a severe understatement. That was true before COVID-19 exacerbated inequities and made life that much more difficult for students, and educating them that much more challenging for their teachers.
- Charter Schools with Open Seats on 6/1, You Can Still Apply, Many Great Choices
- 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.
- Oakland Unified helps seniors overcome graduation challenges
- Amid pandemic fears and distance learning challenges, school districts throughout the United States are finding ways to help as many high school seniors as they can do what they need to do to graduate this year.
- Oakland Unified has taken a dual approach to get students to the finish line — focusing not only on overcoming academic hurdles but also on students’ social and emotional needs.
- Oakland: Students Organize Protest Of George Floyd Death, Pleading To Be Heard
- Thousands of Bay Area youth and adults gathered in Oakland on Monday to march in support of the family of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died last week after a police officer in Minneapolis kneeled on his neck, which has since sparked outrage and protests across the country.
- 15,000 People Attend Youth Rally in Oakland, CA; Police Continue Attacks on Protesters
- In Oakland, California, an estimated 15,000 people attended a massive youth march against police brutality. This is organizer Akil Riley addressing a sea of students, educators and parents outside Oakland Technical High School.
- Never Back to “Normal” if Black Lives Matter
- What we are seeing is not new, the cameras are. Alongside the jackhammer repetition of modern media, where each new viewing opens the wound anew. Whether that will prick the American consciousness awake is a question yet to be answered. But for Black folks, we can’t go back to “normal.” Normal was literally and figuratively a death sentence.
- For 9 years, the Black Organizing Project has been campaigning to remove police from Oakland schools. Will it finally happen?
- Organizers think this could be a turning point for removing police from Oakland schools. OUSD is the only Alameda County school district with its own police force.
California:
- California measure to reform Proposition 13 qualifies for ballot
- A revised state initiative that would boost property taxes on large commercial and industrial property by allowing it to be reappraised more frequently has qualified for the November ballot.
- Connecting California: Dear California kids, use your unprecedented power
- Before COVID-19, California was shortchanging its 9.1 million children in education and health. Now in crisis, the state’s adults are conspiring to make things even worse — and without consulting you. The governor’s new budget proposal cuts $15.1 billion from schools and guts other programs you depend on.
- ‘A turning point’: California education leaders speak out about racism and police brutality
- After George Floyd, an African-American man, died last week in Minneapolis after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by a white police officer, protests and rage erupted throughout the U.S. On Monday, education leaders across California spoke out about systemic inequities and current crises facing young people.
- What Would ‘Systemic Change’ Look Like? California’s Black Lawmakers Have Some Ideas
- Protesters are calling for police reform and systemic change in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by Minnesota police. But what would ‘systemic change’ look like? California’s black lawmakers have a list of bills they want to pass in 2020.
- Learning loss and achievement gaps top discussion on school reopening
- Some California students are “going completely uneducated right now,” and districts must address the learning loss and achievement gaps, the president of the State Board of Education said Tuesday.
- California lawmakers would spare K-12 schools from any budget cuts
- In an unusual move to reach a consensus early, California Assembly and Senate leaders announced Wednesday they have agreed on a state budget that would rescind all cuts to K-12 and higher education that Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed — on the assumption that Congress would soon pass, and President Donald Trump would sign, aid for states that would include $14 billion for California.
Other Stories:
- Read the heartbreaking complaints Americans sent the FCC after their internet was shut off
- A customer in New York said they were forced to use their last paycheck to pay for their internet to be restored in late March so they could apply online for unemployment.
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