How well can your child read? Not what are their grades, but really, how well can they read? Are they on grade level? That was a question The Oakland REACH and Oakland NAACP started asking with families over the last year, and as the answers emerged, a new campaign was born, the Oakland Literacy For…
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Politics over School Quality in Oakland; The Curious Case of Yu Ming
One of Oakland’s best public schools wants to serve more students and specifically more disadvantaged students. It is the ONLY Oakland school that won the prestigious National Blue Ribbon. It was the top academic school in Oakland and Alameda County and in the top .2% of all California schools. 96% of its economically disadvantaged students…
How Will OUSD Make Decisions on Charter School Renewals?
*Lea en español abajo A guest post from Daisy Padilla the policy and communications manager from GO Public Schools If you’ve been following Oakland education, news about merging, expanding, and consolidating district schools has been front and center. There are also big decisions on the horizon that will impact over 2,500 students who attend the…
Where Does Cultural Competency and Quality Fit into CA’s Teacher Credential? A Black Teacher Wonders
A guest post by Oakland teacher Marquise Evans, aka “Quis,” on the challenges of getting the technical teaching credential and how little it tends to mean for students “Quis, does a credential make one a qualified educator for scholars of melanin descent?” *Then the background choir beautifully sings… “H********* NAWWWW!” Absolutely, Not! I ask myself this…
Recent protests call for status quo when radical change is needed
A guest post from Thomas Maffai originally on GO’s page Lea en español abajo. This week’s education news coverage has been dominated by the protests by a small group of Kaiser Elementary parents and OEA organizers against the board’s decision to merge Kaiser Elementary with Sankofa Elementary next school year without sufficient community engagement. Meanwhile, the…