Happy New Year hoping this one is better than the last, we have our first OUSD board meeting and elections of new board leadership, it is still open enrollment for families looking for schools for next year and many schools have tours and information nights, plus there is the middle and high school options fairs,…
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.
What Happened in Oakland Education this Week- 1/5/17
All the Oakland education news from the last week- more on the budget crisis OUSD resignations, analysis of latest test scores, a great look at a program supporting student voice, SFUSD”s crisis in Black education, sexual harassment on campuses, a podcast digging in to reform and segregation, the challenges that LGTBQ youth face and much…
The Oakland Education Preview for 1/2/18
With schools closed its a slower week, but families should be planning school visits and looking at enrollment fairs and there are real ways YOU can help Oakland schools (ICS, Sankofa, and others), please take a look, share and make a difference This Week Enjoy Winter Break Help out ICS, Sankofa, or other youth being…
The Oakland Education Week in Review 12/30
A look back at all the Oakland education news, it’s a slow week, but you can still help a school getting hit hard by budget cuts, check out the high school fair, as well as news on CA’s low ratings on teacher training, new efforts to help foster youth, the lawsuit over literacy, the feds…
What Happened in Oakland Education This Week– 2/22/17
The weekly recap of all the Oakland education news–More on the budget crisis and how PTA’s are filling some gaps, the need to make choices during open enrollment, key data in the OUSD fiscal crisis, the State’s culpability, Mack wins another championship, school libraries are closing, the need to better serve gender non-conforming youth, that…