This week, Families in Action (FIA) parents and organizers are profiled in The Oaklandside; another good article in the Oaklandside looks at advocacy work Education for Change’s Cox Academy parents are doing to make their school building safe for their kids; the national testing data shows how much the pandemic has cratered progress: the math scores are the same as 1990 and reading scores the same as 2004.
The Oakland Ed Week in Review 6/10/23-6/16/23
This week, not much happening in Oakland, but interesting stuff from around the state: budget approvals and an averted teachers’ strike among the headlines; and a must-read New York Times opinion piece on how K-12 enrollment is declining across the country and what that means for the future of US education.
The Oakland Ed Week in Review 6/3/23-6/9/23
This week, check out a profile of Oakland REACH CEO Lakisha Young; the number of credentialed teachers in California decreased this year; and the first religious charter school opened in Oklahoma.
Open charter seats: week of 6/7
Each week, Great School Voices shares the open charter schools of the week from Oakland Enrolls. The Oakland Public Charter Schools Application is open and accepting students for the 2023-24 school year. You can apply now at OaklandEnrolls.org. There is still time to enroll your child in an amazing Oakland school. You know where to go –…
What makes it a “distinguished school”? Touring AIMS College Prep Elementary School
To better understand why AIMS is one of the top performing schools in Oakland, we went behind the scenes for a school tour. We visited classrooms and spoke with students, educators, and administrators to better understand what’s going on.