We can’t have a governance board that is driven by the egos of all the adults in the room. Tie votes, refusing to vote on budget cuts, rescinding school closures without even knowing how much it would cost – this is just ineffective governance. It demonstrates no one is governing on behalf of children, they are only representing the adults in the community– and wasting time and energy on things that have nothing to do with student progress.
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GUEST VOICE: Healing Collective Trauma through SEL
Schools shootings have become all too common place. How can SEL (Social Emotional Learning) help us heal?
Guest Voice on School Closures: Oakland Is a Mecca That Must Be Saved
A personal essay by writer Sarah Ratliff comparing the Oakland schools closures to growing up in New York City and Puerto Rico
NEW REPORT: Which OUSD schools are catching kids up the fastest?
A New Report out of Go Public Schools Oakland shows which OUSD schools are helping their students close education gaps.
Remembering Dirk on MLK Day
Remembering Dirk on MLK Day. “Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives”