Compounded over time, great teachers and excellent schools have the exponential power to undo the side effects of policies and politics that either only serve the few or subject the masses to inequities that can set families and communities back generations.
Open Charter Seats, Week of September 25, 2024
There is still time to enroll your child in an amazing Oakland school. You know where to go – Oakland Enrolls to submit your application.
GSV Talks Black Teacher Retention with San Francisco Unified School District
While San Francisco Mayor London Breed was making news by unveiling her plans to support SFUSD schools with a new School Stabilization Team, GSV was engaged in a timely discussion with the District’s Senior Executive Director HR, Swen Ervin, about the State of Black Education in San Francisco. Ervin talks challenges, solutions, and the unique approaches…
The Oakland Ed Week in Review 9/14/24-9/20/24
It’s time for the Oakland Ed Week in Review! We’re back with our roundup of education news from around The Town, the Bay Area, state, and nation for your weekend reading. This is a Dirk favorite and one of the last blogs he published for Great School Voices. Here’s what’s been going on: Here in…
District 3 School Board Candidate Dwayne Aikens Jr.
When Dwayne Aikens Jr. looks at the state of Oakland public schools, he does so as an insider who knows what it’s like to attend school here. When he talks about Oakland students, he speaks from experience of being one himself.
That’s why he’s running for the Oakland school board, District 3 position: to use his experience and community connections to benefit students.