What happens when a district has too many schools, and a growing grassroots community wants start a new one. We are about to find out as the Santa Fe community, after a robust outreach process, is going to push on the District to open a new school, when many feel that schools should be closing.…
How Volunteers Can Expand Opportunities and Bridge the Digital Divide; Passionforcoding.org
By Natalie Gayinski As a parent of three children of various age groups I’ve observed elementary school age is crucial for development of self confidence, long term preferences and hobbies. Moreover, with every passing year, starting around age 10, stereotypes start piling up. Children start forming a definitive perception of what is and what is…
Redefining the School Bus to Redefine the School; Bringing Mobile Classrooms to Opportunity Youth
What do you do if you have students who can’t safely get to school? If you are Steve Good and 5 Keys Charter School you bring the school to the students, with a mobile classroom inside a renovated bus. It’s a thoughtful and much needed innovation and should have us thinking hard, not just about…
Student Voices: A Step Closer to Achieving My Goal and Finding My Motivation
By Mario Castellanos My name is Mario Castellanos and I am an 11th grader at Lighthouse Community Charter. I like to write down whatever pops into my head. In my free time I like to sit down and watch Netflix, and I am curious about many things like archeology and historical events. I’m interested in…
2 Big Takeaways in the Latest Charter and District Comparisons in Oakland
If you haven’t seen Informing Equity: Student Need, Spending and Resource Use in Oakland’s Public Schools, you should. It is a critical first step in understanding what is happening in the difference public education sectors in Oakland and across the range of schools. I will excerpt the reports own big takeaways, but there are two critical…