The Oakland Education Week in Review: 5/4-5/10

Last week, OUSD’s latest enrollment rule changes (good news), OUSD’s teachers of the year, lots of digital disparity news, a good look at the data from CRUNCHED, the Latino honor roll, the state’s weak response to access issues, the challenges facing SpEd youth, ways you can help folks affected by COVID and more, please read,…


The Oakland Ed Week in Review: 4/20-4/26

lots of COVID coverage, from the powerful community efforts to help from the Curry’s to Bridges Academy, alongside the exposure of huge equity gaps in access to the internet and devices, as well as the challenges of home schooling, there are also ways you can help, from donating to signing the free internet petition to…


The Oakland Ed Week in Review: 4/13-4/19

Distance learning kicks off and inequity persists, lots on the digital divide and what we can so, some great efforts to help the community, that you can chip in on (school communities like Emerson or more generally for folks in need, who may not get stimulus checks) some inspiring stories from schools and young people…


The Oakland Ed Week in Review: 4/6-4/12

Many COVID updates, including some great work by community orgs like The Oakland REACH and Tech Exchange, some inspiring stories of schools making the transition, updates on the OUSD political drama, and the security challenges of distance learning, teachers supporting undocumented families in powerful ways, lots of equity questions coming up, and lots of ways…


The Oakland Education Week in Review: 3/30-4/5

last week– the need to get kids online, and how you can help, lots of COVID fallout and ways that you can help, including inspiring work by the Oakland REACH, a virtual awards ceremony for high schools making a difference, get your census on, some great education resources including art projects that focus on the…