Oakland Ed Week in Review (6/28 – 7/12)

These past two weeks, we covered and followed Oakland Black Cultural Zone, OUSD properties, racial backlash, homeschooling and remote independent study, early education challenges, and spotlighted an incredible recent high school grad. Here’s our Oakland Ed week in review: California’s budget a win for families, early education challenges remain. School on her phone, working for her…


The Oakland Ed Week in Review: 1/25-1/31

Last week, the need for tech support for families, a better way to roll out vaccine, some great work at Lighthouse on dyslexia screening, a look at the enrollment system changes and reopening plans, plus the statewide efforts to get open, and the statewide enrollment drop, and its enrollment season for all Oakland public schools,…


The Oakland Education Week in Review: 11/16-11/22

last week, a look at the new Fremont building, school building re-openings, some help for teachers and housing, notes on a difficult year, trans student experiences, some good news on budget, enrollment is open for OUSD and much more, please read, share and get involved Oakland: Fremont High, a school re-built with love, community, and…


The Oakland Education Week in Review: 11/9-11/15

Last week, a parent critique on Tech’s minimesters, an Oakland native wins VP, housing solutions in Oakland and how OUSD can help, an interview with Toni Cook, looking at enrolment reforms for equity, the actual role played by cops in schools, the recent elections, and so much more please read, share and get involved Oakland:…


The Oakland Education Week in Review: 10/19-10/25

Last week, great conversations on equity and segregation in Oakland, schools as polling places, too many student haven’t been showing up virtually and one district has been so bold as to threaten parents, some powerful homegrown work from the Black Literary Collective, a coup at the Reach Institute?, student homelessness is rising, and we continue…