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
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…
OUSD Grab and Go Enters Summer Phase and Doubles Number of Sites Where Families Can Get Food For Students; Program Could Hand Out Two Millionth Meal on Thursday
OUSD press releaseThursday, June 4, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected], CA — Thursday, June 4 is the second day of OUSD’s Summer Grab and Go Free Student Meal Program, and now, the District is offering the service at twice as many schools as were open during the latter half of the spring semester. Not only that, but…
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. I did not get the district list this week but will publish when/if I do. Different schools, sometimes show results for certain groups…
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. “You have kids who are homeless, you have kids who are unaccompanied minors,…