Schools shootings have become all too common place. How can SEL (Social Emotional Learning) help us heal?
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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”
Turning the Light Back on, Brightly, this New Year
Three months ago today, we all lost our inimitable Dirk Tillotson, the creator of this platform. He has been a resource and light to everyone he encountered in Oakland, here in New York, and abroad. As the co-pilot of our nonprofit Great School Choices, the past three months have been some of the worst days…