Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY) has been at the forefront of implementing these practices in Oakland schools, demonstrating significant success in reducing suspensions and expulsions while increasing student GPAs.
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)
The Oakland Education Week in Review 11.18.2024
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…
SoBEO Interview with Dr. Clifford Thompson
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…
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).