A guest post from Courtney E. Martin Many of us are busy and anxious. We are social animals: We listen for the culturally normative thing to do among our friends and, most often, follow it. This is what Aristotle, and later a lot of Internet evangelists, called the “wisdom of the crowd” and what Hannah…
Over 1,000 Unhoused Youth in OUSD, The Latest Fact Sheet, and What OUSD Can Do
OUSD counted 1,001 unhoused students last year, 64% of those were Newcomers, and of the non Newcomers, more than half of the unhoused students were Black. You can see all the data in the latest fact sheet. The news is depressing, Oakland has the highest percentage of homeless in the entire state according to a…
The Oakland Education Week in Review: 7/30-8/4
This week–a look at the latest data on college attendance from Oakland graduates, 20 new OUSD principals, an interview with local shero Lakisha Young, time to reform Prop 13, Mack’s new principal, school lunch program cuts and effects on our kids, a look at the Curry’s foundation, all that and more please read, share, and…
Tired of Oakland schools not being funded fairly? Us too. Take action today.
A guest post from Radhika Jit and GO Public Schools- we welcome community posts Proposition 13 reform is a 2020 ballot initiative that would close a corporate property-tax loophole and would bring in $45-50 million annually for Oakland public education. Current law allows a small number of large commercial property owners to avoid paying over…
OUSD Set to Start 2019-20 School Year with Excited Site Leadership, Including New Principals at 20 Different Schools
OUSD Press ReleaseOakland, CA — The first day of the 2019-20 school year is Monday, August 12. Five days earlier, on Wednesday, August 7, teachers return to their campuses to get their classrooms ready to welcome all students. But this week is when school leaders came back to work at the Leadership Institute (pictured above), a…