State of Black Education Oakland (SoBEO), a collective co-founded by our founder Dirk Tillotson, is gathering information from the Oakland public education community about the state of Black education in Oakland through a survey we developed. (We would love to hear from you, please take five minutes to complete it!) With the 2024 election right around the corner,…
The Oakland Ed Week in Review 10/07/2024-10/13/2024
It’s time for the Oakland Ed Week in Review! We’re back with our roundup of education news from around The Town, the Bay Area, state, and nation for your weekend reading. This is a Dirk favorite and one of the last blogs he published for Great School Voices. Here’s what’s been going on: Here in…
Open Charter Seats, Week of October 16, 2024
The 2024-25 school year is underway! There is still time to enroll your child in an amazing Oakland school. You know where to go – Oakland Enrolls to submit your application.
They claim “segregation” but they really want to eliminate school choice
This is a guest post from OUSD School Board Director Jorge Lerma (District 5).
Open Charter Seats, Week of October 9, 2024
There are great schools for your child, including schools that won Raise the Bar Awards – AIMS, Aspire Lionel Wilson, and BayTech among others have open seats for new students for any grade level from TK to 12. Those are just a few of the schools, so do your homework and make the best choice you can.