All the education news fit to link, this week–more on the OUSD budget, test scores are out, upcoming candidate forums, the need to address the challenges facing Black families and the final SoBEO event of the year, the deep financial challenges of CA education, the governor’s latest ed moves, the importance of sex education and…
The State of Black Education in Oakland and What We Can Do
It’s a mistake to say the education system is failing, at least in regards to Black students. It is not a coincidence that by most measures Black students are being left behind. And if it were only Oakland that would be one thing, but it is literally the same everywhere, 200 million test scores were…
The Oakland Education Week in Review 9/23-9/30
All the Oakland education news that is fit to link- some good news (finally) OUSD gets a bailout bill, and settles with AC Transit on bus routes, some great local events, student narratives, Salesforce supports the district, Parents in action with the Oakland REACH, patriarchy rears its head at the OUSD board meeting and the…
When Students Get it Right: How Listening to the End Users in Education is the Right Move
(A Guest post from Charles Cole III, the founder and executive director of one of Energy Convertors) New York just became the first state in the United States to make mental health education mandatory for public school students starting at age 3. The policy aims to help destigmatize mental health to ensure a healthier population…
The Apology OEA Owes Director Hinton-Hodge; Call Her By Her Name
It was an amazing moment at the School board meeting when the Teacher’s Union Rep. Ismael Armendariz refused to address a Black Woman by her title, “Vice President of the School Board,” and instead referred to her by her first name repeatedly, even after she corrected him. Misogyny and supremacy reared their heads, and as…