OUSD press releaseOakland, CA — “It’s time to close the digital divide once and for all,” is the rallying cry of the leaders of a new effort to support students and families in Oakland. The digital divide has been in the news recently as something that keeps the field of education uneven and unfair. Students with plenty…
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The Long and Winding Road to a Better Building For Oakland Children Ends Well at Berkley Maynard
A guest post from Families in Action It took a winding journey to get there, but the Aspire Berkley Maynard Academy (BMA) community ended up in the right place: with a long-term lease from the Oakland Unified School District at the aging facility it has occupied for 15 years, and with the power now to…
Skyline High Senior Eleanor Wikstrom Makes History, Becoming First Ever CIF Scholar-Athlete of the Year from Oakland
OUSD press releaseOakland, CA — Eleanor Wikstrom from Skyline High School has a unique set of skills. She studies as hard as anyone, pulling a 4.0 GPA that has her heading to Harvard University in the fall. She is such an effective orator that she has taken first place in OUSD’s Annual Martin Luther King Jr.…
BayTech to Host a Virtual College Planning Session for the Class of 2021
A Guest post from BayTech Charter School looking at college planning in the COVID era “At some point we are going to get back to ‘normal’ and our juniors will want to attend college after they graduate from BayTech” said Dr. Seth Feldman, Executive Director at BayTech Charter. This year, the BayTech class of 2021…
Connecting with Kyla- COVID and the Budget
Monday, May 11, 2020 Dear Oakland Community,Eight weeks ago, we closed schools for in person instruction. Since then our world has been turned upside down as we deal with the effects of this health crisis. Our focus has been on meeting immediate needs – providing food, diapers and other necessities, raising money for direct aid,…