This is a guest post from the powerful folks at the Oakland Unified School District’s English Language Learner and Multilingual Achievement Office (ELLMA), who are doing some amazing work. It originally appeared on their blog, where they spotlight Oakland teachers and students and the diverse strategies they’ve implemented to support English-language learners in achieving at…
Oakland Education Events
If you care about improving our schools, then get involved! Here are local Oakland education events. If you’ve got events you want included then send us a note.
Will Charter Unionization Help End the Public School Wars in Oakland?
Oakland’s largest charter organization, Education for Change (EFC), voted to recognize a union at the last board meeting. I was there, and as a member of the Executive Committee I made the motion, which passed unanimously. This can be a good thing for our schools, staff, families, and the City. Especially if it leads to…
A Better Model for Schooling: How Latitude Is Breaking the Stale Habits of High School and Earning Rewards
“During those long years in the Oakland public schools, I did not have one teacher who taught me anything relevant to my own life experience.”—Huey P. Newton, (Minister of Defense Black Panther Party) in his autobiography, “Revolutionary Suicide.” I loved the Latitude High School model when I first saw it, was even more impressed…
The Oakland Education Week in Review: 12/30-1/6
All the Oakland Ed news that is fit to link, this week, great news on serious crimes in Oakland but a long way to go, OUSD is using tech to track supplies, a look at the upcoming school closures, awesome work in restorative justice, congrats to Mack’s coach of the year, new laws impacting education…
The Oakland Education Week in Review 12/23-12/30
All the Oakland ed news fit to link-a slower week, but a great look at the Newcomer programs, the Warriors show up for Oakland youth, and a college access forum, plus a look at Native student experiences and a list of the upcoming school visits and open houses– please read, share and get involved Oakland:…