Oakland’s largest charter organization, Education for Change (EFC), voted to recognize a union at the last board meeting. I was there, and as a member of the Executive Committee I made the motion, which passed unanimously. This can be a good thing for our schools, staff, families, and the City. Especially if it leads to…
A Better Model for Schooling: How Latitude Is Breaking the Stale Habits of High School and Earning Rewards
“During those long years in the Oakland public schools, I did not have one teacher who taught me anything relevant to my own life experience.”—Huey P. Newton, (Minister of Defense Black Panther Party) in his autobiography, “Revolutionary Suicide.” I loved the Latitude High School model when I first saw it, was even more impressed…
The Oakland Education Week in Review: 12/30-1/6
All the Oakland Ed news that is fit to link, this week, great news on serious crimes in Oakland but a long way to go, OUSD is using tech to track supplies, a look at the upcoming school closures, awesome work in restorative justice, congrats to Mack’s coach of the year, new laws impacting education…
The Oakland Education Week in Review 12/23-12/30
All the Oakland ed news fit to link-a slower week, but a great look at the Newcomer programs, the Warriors show up for Oakland youth, and a college access forum, plus a look at Native student experiences and a list of the upcoming school visits and open houses– please read, share and get involved Oakland:…
The Oakland Ed Week in Review 12/17-12/23
All the Oakland news fit to link, this week–hundreds of Oakland parents come out for access to better schools, its school choice season and I looked at middle schools showing progress on tests, Mack three peats, analysis of student progress, more on the budget crisis and school closures, the impact of Black teachers, all that…