“There are a lot of different reasons we ended up collaborating,” Cox said. “But the reason why it really stuck together is that we both believe that this is a problem that is both solvable in terms of instruction, anchored in equity, and we both believe so incredibly, strongly.”
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BayTech Recognized with Award for Ed Tech Tactics
At some schools, it’s just accepted that COVID-19 will increase the digital divide and harm vulnerable students the most. Not BayTech. Two years ago, Bay Area Technology School (BayTech), an East Oakland charter school made a big investment to bring in more computer-aided programs to help accelerate student learning. Talk about timely — when the pandemic…
Lighthouse steps up to screen students for dyslexia
Every child is different and those differences can include the ways the children learn to read. Whether we identify those learning differences early and respond to them can make all the difference. Dyslexics are overrepresented in self made millionaires and prison inmates, the difference is in whether that so called “neurocognitive” difference is identified and addressed. Locally, Palo…
How Dumping the D Supports Struggling Students and Preps them for College
“When they became engaged, they met that bar.” Solutions to complex problems are sometimes right in front of us. Yet for whatever reason, we don’t act. Change is difficult when everyone is doing the same thing, year after year — now matter how bad the results. So we ignore the low-hanging fruit dangling right there.…
Alumni Giving Love Back by Working at Lionel Wilson
What’s it like to work at the school you grew up attending? At Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy in Sobrante Park, East Oakland, there are a number of alums now on staff. For these educators, connections to the school and community run family-level deep. There’s a feeling that the trajectory of their lives, and…