Last week, it’s still schools choice time and we have listed schools showing progress with our babies, the abysmal literacy rates and what we can do in OUSD, how Lighthouse changed it enrollment rules to increase the number of unhoused students, fighting harassment on public transit, a look at historic discrimination against Chinese families in this Bay Area “sunset town” the challenges ELs are facing during COVID and more, please read share and get involved
Oakland:
- ‘Larger than life’: Mr. Brooks was more than a teacher to students and colleagues at Oakland Tech
- ‘No One Was Asking What We Thought’: San Francisco Students Weigh in on School District Controversies
- Our Babies Can’t Read, Will OUSD Take Action to Change That, and How You Can Help
- Equity-based admissions at this Oakland charter school
- Shaping The Future: The Importance of Creative Education
- The Bay Area town that drove out its Chinese residents for nearly 100 years
- Bay Area Girls Lead Campaign Against Sexual Harassment on Public Transit
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Oakland:
- ‘Larger than life’: Mr. Brooks was more than a teacher to students and colleagues at Oakland Tech
- When Wayne Brooks passed away on March 19, he left with a 50-year legacy as a student and beloved educator at the North Oakland high school.
- ‘No One Was Asking What We Thought’: San Francisco Students Weigh in on School District Controversies
- San Francisco public schools are preparing to reopen their doors to students this month – for the first time in over a year. But much of the news about the district has been laser focused on its embattled school board, and most recently, on one particular commissioner.
- Our Babies Can’t Read, Will OUSD Take Action to Change That, and How You Can Help
- If you are born, Black, Brown, Pacific Islander, Yemeni, or in another underserved group in Oakland, chances are you will never learn to read in Oakland Unified. For Black kids its less than 1 in 5, around 1 in 4 for Brown kids and the numbers are no better for our other babies. There is nothing wrong with the children or families, there is something wrong with the system that consistently delivers disparities, while touting a district “where every student thrives.”
- Equity-based admissions at this Oakland charter school
- Lighthouse Community Charter School is in high demand. With a limited number of seats, new families often have to wait years before they really do “win the lottery” and gain admission to one of the top performing schools in East Oakland.
- Shaping The Future: The Importance of Creative Education
- Women’s history month is a wonderful time to look back and reflect on the immeasurable accomplishments that women have made throughout the years to reshape culture and society as a whole. From breaking the glass ceiling to being role models for young girls, there are countless empowering women that deserve the spotlight for their vision and dedication that have resulted into lasting positive impacts in today’s world.
- The Bay Area town that drove out its Chinese residents for nearly 100 years
- Before the white residents of Antioch burned down Chinatown in 1876, they banned Chinese people from walking the city streets after sunset.
- Bay Area Girls Lead Campaign Against Sexual Harassment on Public Transit
- For Uche Esomonu, public transit has always been a lifeline. Since she doesn’t drive, the 20-year-old Sacramento resident uses it to get to job interviews, work and school, to see family, and to buy products to do her hair. But the mode of transportation can also be laced with fear — a prevalent experience for Esomonu when she rode the Bay Area Rapid Transit system while attending college in the region’s eastern suburbs.
California:
- In California, a million English learners are at risk of intractable education loss
- More than 1.1 million students in California, nearly 20%, are considered English learners. By almost every measure of academic success — graduation rates, college preparation, dropout rates, state standards — these students rank among the lowest-achieving groups. And that was before pandemic-forced campus closures. One year later, this massive population of students is at great risk of intractable educational loss, experts said.
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- 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.
What do you think?