A guest cross-post by Alma Renteria and our sisters at Lacomadre.org Gema Quetzal, a student leader from Oakland, is competing for a seat on the State Board of Education as their Student Director. Gema is scheduled to speak in Sacramento today and give a speech in front of her peers and a panel. She is one of…
The OUSD Budget Slide you Need to See and the Coming Storm
Tonight will be another OUSD meeting addressing the budget crisis, looking backward and doing a post mortem on the causes and looking to the present year and the needed cuts. These are critical times for the district and OUSD seems to be improving their transparency with regular blogs and updates, and also making some of…
An Open Letter from a Former OUSD Leader Supporting Latitude Charter High School
Here Aaron Townsend, a successful former OUSD school and district leader, shares his support for the Latitude 37.8 Charter High School petition that is up for vote this week before OUSD and has received a staff recommendation for approval. He argues both for the merits of the school and also for local authorization identifying how…
What’s Happening in Oakland Education the Week of November 6th and Beyond
This week– The OUSD board and budget issues, many school tours and informational nights as enrollment season heats up, Central American identities, PLAN’s organizing meeting, an opportunity to help newcomers with winter coats, that and much more please take a look, share, and get involved If you want this regularly please follow me on facebook, twitter or…
A Tactic without a Strategy in OUSD’s Failed “Charter Moratorium”
Oakland Unified’s tactic of denying every charter petition, no matter how promising, isn’t working, and is actually counterproductive based on the district’s own goals. It won’t constrain charter growth and will undermine collaboration in areas helpful to the District. They need to rethink it. The OUSD board and superintendent have expressed 3 specific policy goals…