A guest post from Leroy Gaines, Candidate for OUSD School Board District 5. All candidates are welcome to share their views on the blog. A strong instructional focus; targeted use of data at the student, classroom, and school level; shared leadership; and a growth mindset for staff and students. These were the guiding principles I…
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Continued Progress Toward Fiscal Health, Closing of the Books for the 2019-20 school year
This message is available in other languages using the links located above the blue headerDear Oakland Community:OUSD’s financial operations are improving. The significant challenges in the years ahead make this work even more critical. We will reflect on last year to inform how we improve our practices. We have modeled the commitment to sound fiscal…
The San Francisco 49ers Make Two Year Commitment to Support SPAAT’s Efforts to Advance Racial Justice Through Education in Oakland Unified School District
OUSD NEWSROOM PRESS RELEASE Saturday, September 12, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected], CA — The Student Program for Academic and Athletic Transitioning (SPAAT), a key organization for helping Oakland’s student-athletes prepare for college and career, is announcing a major new partnership with the Bay Area’s one remaining NFL football team. The San Francisco 49ers have entered into an…
Supporting Literacy Before, During and After COVID
A guest post from Dr. Clif Thompson, 5th Grade teacher at King Elementary School in Richmond and Candidate for Oakland School Board, District 7. After 25 years in school administration, four years ago I decided to return to my passion, classroom teaching, particularly teaching literacy. Elementary literacy is a gatekeeper for Black and Brown students…
California’s Radical Math Curriculum, Make Math Great Again
From a concerned CITIZEN I stand with the silent majority, 56%, of Americans that reject the radical Californian math curriculum that is force feeding our children propaganda in the form of Arabic numerals. That’s 56%, 5…6, 56. That’s a lot 56. I have also heard that some middle schools and most high schools have been teaching the…