This is a guest post from education blogger Laura Waters, I thought it might be helpful to some of our readers here at Great School Voices. If you’re a parent like me, at the start of each school year you eagerly learn all about the course content your child will study, the enrichment opportunities…
Listening to Our Young Sisters; The African American Female Achievement Initiative
“We are a movement starting from the self that asks what we can do as individuals to make conditions better for young Black women.” That is how the African American Female Achievement initiative (AAFAI) was described to me by Sultanah Corbett, one of the founders of Oakland’s effort to better understand and better serve African…
What The Atlantic Got Wrong About Charter Schools and “Segregation”
George Joseph’s article, What Betsy DeVos Didn’t Say About School Choice, claims that charter schools “have pushed more low-income, minority students into even more racially segregated schools.” While there are many problems in Joseph’s article, I’ll just run through some of the top issues. Black Folks Have Agency First, Black folks have agency. Black folks…
Hard Choices Ahead for Oakland Unified
Recent news of an up to $30 million shortfall in the OUSD budget shadows big changes ahead. These are critical times for the district and will set its course for years. So we should all be watching and making our voices heard. You can see some information about the shortfall and proposed budget priorities on…
Upset Victory- Thrival Academies Survives the White Box of Death-Kids Win
When I met the leaders of Thrival Academies and heard about their plan to send Flatlands kids to Thailand for study abroad, I thought it was a great idea, I also was 90% sure it would never happen. I figured that this great idea would die a slow death at the District, one more hopeful…