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:…
School Choice
Oakland Public Middle Schools that Parents Should Consider Based on Growth-Looking at the Latest Test Scores
Where you send your child to school is one of the most important decisions you can make. The new school quality data was released by the state recently, and I wanted to highlight some of the schools making progress with Oakland children, and encourage families to visit. Every child is different, and I will break it…
If You’re Black and Low-Income in Oakland, You Have to Fight for the Right to a Good School
(A guest post from Tenisa Lyles is a single mother of three children, living in deep East Oakland. She was one of the founding members of The Oakland REACH, a parent-led group focused on making the powerless parent powerful.) Every family should have the right to a good school for their kids. But it turns out…
The Pitiful Options for Black Families in Oakland and What We Can Do
If you are a Black child in Oakland you have a snowball’s chance in hell of attending a high performing school that is making progress. A 1% chance according to the latest data from Oakland Achieves when it comes to math. I am not joking. And even worse about 2/3rds of our children are in…
The Most Important Thing You Can Do as an Oakland Parent-The Dates You Need to Know
In Oakland’s brave new world of open enrollment the most important thing you can do for your child is not joining the PTA and helping on the playground; it’s making sure you find the best school for them. Every family has a right to apply to basically any school in Oakland, charter or district, and…