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…
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Oakland Ed Week in Review (8/2 – 8/10)
Can you believe it? – Yesterday was the first day back at school for so many of our Oakland students after a long year and a half battling this global pandemic. But our city is still facing challenges in how to deal with this new education landscape while trying to stay safe. This week we…
Crappy Arguments About the so-called “Charter Movement” and the Case of 5 Keys Charter School
As a member of the so-called “charter movement” I have to tell you: there is no such thing. Seriously, the “charter movement” is a movement in the same way a bowel movement is a movement (anyone with a capable infrastructure, some inputs, and a little luck can have one—garbage in, garbage out, eat your fiber…