Why ‘Fin-Lit’ is the New Math

Oakland public school parent Stephisha Ycoy-Walton took it upon herself to launch financial literacy workshops with different Oakland public schools and other Bay Area organizations that work with young people.


An Interview with Author and Charter School Founder, Dr. Elaine Ruiz López for her New Book, The Fight for Equity in the Bronx: Changing Lives and Transforming Communities One Scholar At A Time

Compounded over time, great teachers and excellent schools have the exponential power to undo the side effects of policies and politics that either only serve the few or subject the masses to inequities that can set families and communities back generations.


District 5 School Board Candidate Patrice Berry

When Patrice Berry looks back on her childhood, growing up in a segregated Maryland town, she says that “reading saved my life. Education saved my life.” Now Patrice is running for the District 5 Oakland school board position because, from her experience as a student, an educator and now a parent, she knows how transformative education can be for a young person.


This Thursday (9/12): Oakland candidate forum from Families in Action

Hear what Oakland school board and city council candidates have to say about important education and civic issues at the only forum this election organized by students and families.