Sharing the latest Oakland Education Information out to the Oakland Community Oakland A painful deportation story of one of our families– The Face of Deportation in Oakland Our new OUSD superintendent shares her vision in a radio interview– City Visions: A conversation with the new OUSD and SFUSD Superintendents Another look at the deportation of…
The Face of Deportation in Oakland
Hundreds gathered to protest the deportation of one of our families this week. A raucous crowd chanted as I approached, Highland hospital, where the mom works as a cardiac and oncology nurse. “No Hate, No Fear, Immigrants are welcome Here” rang through the crowd. A family huddled together, supporters around, cameras and microphones pressing in…
Unintended Consequences in the Public Education Wars—Vouchers Win
The latest poll numbers are in and they don’t bode well for public education. Support for charter public schools, while still predominantly favorable, eroded, while net support for vouchers grew in the latest Education Next poll. Concerted attacks on charters have been moderately successful, and in some cases the charter sector itself has been its…
Who Trump’s “Bad Hombres” Really Are? The Real Face of Deportation in Oakland and What You Can Do
We are seeing our first close up look at Trump’s deportations in Oakland and they are not making us safer or greater. On Tuesday the ICE plans to deport an oncology nurse working at Highland hospital, and her truck driver husband, who by all account have lived exemplary lives, in the US. This will leave…
What We Learned from Our Superintendent’s First Press Conference
It was a strong start for OUSD’s new superintendent Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell in her first press conference, mostly for what she didn’t say. Normally the new superintendent comes in with a new slogan sourced through a marketing firm, 9 point plan that has a smartly created acronym attached to it, a fancy powerpoint, an iconic…