last week- more on the budget cuts and teacher’s contract, some help from the City, schools that made progress and still have spots, CORE data is coming out, congrats to Mack, the outlandish costs of juvenile hall, looking at achievement gaps, all that and more with links, please read, share and get involved Oakland: Teachers…

One of my early test prep meetings was with a group of mostly Haitian and Jamaican kids.  The question was about tax on lift tickets for skiing and calculating the total cost.  Having never skied or heard the term “lift ticket” they had given up on the problem.  Even the decontextualized idea of a sales…

Oakland families should have received their offers for Round 2 of enrollment already, and most high-demand schools are full or filling up.  If you aren’t sure about your top choice, or if you just want to see what else is out there, we have a list of schools that you should take a look at.…

All the Oakland Ed news from last week–Who really controls Oakland’s schools, celebrating the champs, a powerful night of engagement with OUSD, lots on the Measure AA vote and city council support of OUSD, tragedy at ICS, student narratives, teacher stories all that and much more with links, please read share and get involved. Oakland:…

A cross post Written by Nico Chen, Program Coordinator, Agency by Design Oakland When our teacher fellows came back together in March the Oakland teacher strike was still looming largely in our minds. While our professional development curricula often focuses on critical thinking, content knowledge and instilling agency in our school communities, we are reminded…