Dear Oakland Community,No work we do is more important than ensuring our youngest students learn how to read and write. As our communities demand racial and social justice, it must also be our collective call as educators to guarantee the basic right of literacy for each and every student. Considering the long-standing inequities in access…
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How can we ensure $3.2B in FCC funding brings communities of color offline online? We need YOU!
A guest post from Lili Gangas Follow May 7 · from the Kapor Center Digital connectivity is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity. In 2020, we saw the disproportionate lack of connectivity by race, income, and zip code grow even wider, while we simultaneously relied on digital connectivity more than ever before. For many of these reasons, closing…
OUSD Rooted in Reading Newsletter
Early Literacy NewsletterMay 2021 Opinion: Oakland schools should focus on students’ early literacyRead the April 30 Op-Ed from Superintendent Kyla Johnson-TrammellEast Bay Times Online | PDF “March Madness” Reading Challenge ResultsOur March Madness Reading Challenge culminated with a celebration at the April 22 Literacy Summit and Family Workshop. We celebrated students, teachers, and schools with recognition and prizes!A special guest, Steph…
As Pacific Islander absenteeism soars in OUSD, Oakland organization IKUNA finds ways to create belonging
A guest post from Radhika Jit and GO Public Schools as part of their numbers and narratives series| May 5, 2021 To celebrate AAPI Heritage Month as part of our Numbers and Narratives: A Year In Review series, we bring you a spotlight on Taimani Lauti, a leader in the Oakland Pacific Islander community. “We wish we had more people…
Where are our students? Life Academy intervention team combats chronic absenteeism
A guest post from Thomas Maffai and Go Public Schools Oakland April 27, 2021 Haz clic aquí para leer en español As part of our Numbers & Narratives: Year in Review series, we’ll be releasing new data reports and stories to better understand the toll of the pandemic on Oakland education, lift the experiences of families, and…