Last week, the sobering outcomes for Black children and why we cant go back to normal, lots on police in the schools, and getting them out, some inspiring words from young people, lots on the digital divide and what schools will look like int he Fall and beyond, all that and more, please read share and get involved
Oakland:
- Never Back to “Normal” if Black Lives Matter
- The Jazz and Democracy Project is Recruiting Teachers
- How Young People Can Be the Change They Want to See
- FASTalk connects teachers and non-English speaking OUSD families during COVID-19
- Oakland’s Youngest Literary Critic’s First Author Talk, and His Lessons from “Beyond Grit and Resilience”
- Oakland school board introduces resolution for police-free schools
- Parents, Students, Teachers Considering Plan To Disband Oakland Unified’s Police Department
- How Oakland Is Tackling the Reading Crisis
California:
- Coronavirus Could Cause A ‘Learning Loss’ Crisis. Here’s How Bad It Could Get — And What To Do About It
- IT professionals push ISPs to provide free internet to families
- The Big Disconnect: COVID-19 Exposes How Lack of Home Connectivity Hurts Low-Income Students
- Students should expect masks, temperature checks and a lot of hand washing under California guidance
- California (finally) considers a way to measure student growth
- Bridge the digital divide with action on creating access to broadband for all
Other Stories:
- We must act now to ensure all students can access online learning
- U.S. Loses Track of Another 1,500 Migrant Children, Investigators Find
- Cox slows Internet speeds in entire neighborhoods to punish any heavy users
- Howard’s University Session 4: Cliff Notes
- Raising Black Children in America
- Tribes Were Supposed To Get $8 Billion In COVID-19 Aid. They’ve Gotten $0.
Oakland:
- 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.
- The Jazz and Democracy Project is Recruiting Teachers
- The Jazz & Democracy Project® (J&D) is looking for 2 high school Social Studies, History, Government, Civics or Language Arts teachers to take part in J&D’s first teacher training cohort. Seeking experienced teachers only who have classroom management skills and command of their content standards, and who would like to integrate the arts–in this case, jazz–into their lessons.
- How Young People Can Be the Change They Want to See
- Imagine waking up every day, being an African American, and seeing other people who look like you get beaten by police – officers that supposedly are to protect and serve. Seeing innocent people getting their lives taken because of their color just sickens me. To think that lives are being taken because of someone’s belief that blacks are dangerous or don’t deserve the same rights.
- FASTalk connects teachers and non-English speaking OUSD families during COVID-19
- When it comes to communicating with their child’s teacher, most parents want the same thing: to understand what their child is learning in school and how they can support their education when they’re at home. Most parents would say they want that information directly from their child’s teacher.
- Oakland’s Youngest Literary Critic’s First Author Talk, and His Lessons from “Beyond Grit and Resilience”
- This is a powerful interview from one of our Oakland public school students, interviewing author Dr. Charles Cole III about his book, Beyond Grit and Resilience.
- Oakland school board introduces resolution for police-free schools
- The Oakland School District board on Wednesday night began considering a proposal to eliminate the district’s own police department by the end of the year.
- Parents, Students, Teachers Considering Plan To Disband Oakland Unified’s Police Department
- Recent protests over police killings have renewed calls to disband Oakland Unified School District’s police department. On Wednesday, the school community met to talk about where to spend the money instead.
- How Oakland Is Tackling the Reading Crisis
- Recent protests over police killings have renewed calls to disband Oakland Unified School District’s police department. On Wednesday, the school community met to talk about where to spend the money instead.
California:
- Coronavirus Could Cause A ‘Learning Loss’ Crisis. Here’s How Bad It Could Get — And What To Do About It
- We need to brace ourselves for the possibility that the coronavirus pandemic will knock thousands of California children measurably behind in school, perhaps for years.
- IT professionals push ISPs to provide free internet to families
- One in five California students lack access to the internet, and 50 percent of low-income families (and 42 percent families of color) don’t have a device at home for their child to access distance learning. So, by our state’s own calculations, pretty much half of the students in the state haven’t been able to go to school during the pandemic.
- The Big Disconnect: COVID-19 Exposes How Lack of Home Connectivity Hurts Low-Income Students
- If you asked me in January what one of my most important jobs would be if we went through a global pandemic, I’m not sure I would have said “helping families get digital connectivity”. But a few weeks ago, as my colleagues at the Partnership for LA Schools and I were discussing how we could best be of service to our students and families, that was immediately my answer.
- Students should expect masks, temperature checks and a lot of hand washing under California guidance
- California schools will look different when they reopen next year, according to new statewide guidance. Students should expect to wash their hands and have their temperature taken often. They will likely wear masks and only attend classes a few days a week with a small group of classmates. Signs and taped marks on the floor will tell them which direction to walk and where to stand in hallways and in the cafeteria.
- California (finally) considers a way to measure student growth
- With 48 states already tracking growth, experts say the move is “long overdue” and that measuring progress is especially important to see which schools “beat the odds in this crisis.”
- Bridge the digital divide with action on creating access to broadband for all
- The headlines underscore the massive challenges ahead of us: 1 in 5 California students lack computers and Wi-Fi. Coronavirus exposes L.A.’s economic and racial digital divide. Depression-era jobless rates loom.
Other Stories:
- We must act now to ensure all students can access online learning
- Students and parents across the country have converted their homes into classrooms. Kitchen tables are now desks, living rooms are auditoriums. Poster boards are taking the place of whiteboards and online assignments are replacing classwork. And as this school year comes to a close, what next year’s classrooms will look like remains uncertain.
- U.S. Loses Track of Another 1,500 Migrant Children, Investigators Find
- The Trump administration is unable to account for the whereabouts of nearly 1,500 migrant children who illegally entered the United States alone this year and were placed with sponsors after leaving federal shelters, according to congressional findings released on Tuesday.
- Cox slows Internet speeds in entire neighborhoods to punish any heavy users
- Cox Communications is lowering Internet upload speeds in entire neighborhoods to stop what it considers “excessive usage,” in a decision that punishes both heavy Internet users and their neighbors.
- Howard’s University Session 4: Cliff Notes
- Today’s discussion we will be exploring some ideas in both Dr. Fuller’s Book “No struggle, No Progress” and Dr. Charles Cole’s dissertation turned book “Beyond Grit & Resilience”
- Raising Black Children in America
- The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery have led to renewed calls for racial equality and justice across the U.S. They have also reinforced numerous fears that many parents have about raising black children — fears that their child could be killed while jogging or sleeping in their home or otherwise “living while black.” In this hour of Forum, we’ll talk about the distinct challenges of raising black children in America. And we want to hear from you: Are you the parent of a black child? What’s been your experience?
- Tribes Were Supposed To Get $8 Billion In COVID-19 Aid. They’ve Gotten $0.
- Tribal governments were supposed to get $8 billion in direct emergency relief from the CARES Act, the $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill that became law on March 27. More than a month later, they haven’t gotten any of it.
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