chronic absence in elementary school has roughly doubled this year, a parent looks at the consequences and strives for solutions
School Talk
The Oakland Ed Week in review 9/5-9/12
Last week, declining attendance and enrollment at OUSD, talking to families, vaccine mandates, the Curry’s latest, the recall and education, a powerful reparations task force from the state, the enduring effects of ethnic studies, our podcast on the digital divide, a great new book on Oakland Ed, Learning in Public, a powerful PD opportunity with…
Digital Redlining – A recap!
Yesterday, we had a fantastic conversation with Public Knowledge‘s Chris Lewis on Digital Redlining. You can catch the full broadcast here. Its not a coincidence that the old redlining maps, which racially restricted housing, align almost perfectly with the current mapping of broadband access. And this lack of connections in places like Oakland is not…
OUSD’s Troubling Attendance and Enrollment Numbers
School is back in for OUSD, but for many students, they aren’t really showing up. Almost a third of OUSD’s students are chronically absent right now, and nearly half are at risk of being so. That alongside a loss of nearly 2000 students over the last couple of years. OUSD is a district that will…
What is Digital Redlining? Join us next Tuesday to learn more.
A simple definition of digital redlining is creating and perpetuating inequities between already marginalized groups specifically through digital technology, digital content, and the internet. With this pandemic, the digital divide not only became grossly evident but illustrated the ways in which digital redlining persists. On Tuesday September 7th at 1pm PT is episode 2 of the…