14% of your students have a suicide plan. 31% report suicidal thoughts, but 14% of them actually have a plan. 1 in 10 females reports being forced to have sex, 1 in 28 males. These numbers are all trending in the wrong direction. And they are bleak. They make your heart hurt and your chest…
Creating A Culture Of College Success Through Mentorship In Richmond
(A guest post from Daniela Felix on our sister blog La Comadre, would love to hear some Oakland stories as well) Any first generation college student can attest to the importance of mentorship in supporting them through the college years. For first generation college students in particular, the first year of college can be an…
Moving Beyond What is Required to What is Right in Charter Schools, The Quest for a Better Sector
Charter schools fiercely defend their promised autonomies, sometimes too fiercely. I get it, the never ending unfunded mandates alongside “we are the government and we are here to help” regulation makes you defensive. Not to mention the poison pills and outright hostile measures designed to hurt charters under the guise of serving children. All that…
What Does It Mean To Be Yemeni At School? Getting Closer to Answers
(A guest post from Edrees Saied a recent graduate from Oakland Tech and one of Oakland’s Energy Convertors) What does it mean to be Yemeni at school? Who knows? But I’m finding communities that are helping me figure that out. After participating in the event, “Yemen: Global to Local to Household,” I got closer to learning how…
If You Only Care about “Segregation” in Charter Schools and Not Neighborhood Schools, Please Shut Up
As a Black man, who works hard to support Black children and families, there are a lot of choke on your own vomit moments watching the public school wars. Neither public school sector serves Black kids well consistently, not the districts and not charters. We need to acknowledge that and own that truth. But there…