A guest post from Leroy Gaines, Candidate for OUSD School Board District 5. All candidates are welcome to share their views on the blog. A strong instructional focus; targeted use of data at the student, classroom, and school level; shared leadership; and a growth mindset for staff and students. These were the guiding principles I…
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Continued Progress Toward Fiscal Health, Closing of the Books for the 2019-20 school year
This message is available in other languages using the links located above the blue headerDear Oakland Community:OUSD’s financial operations are improving. The significant challenges in the years ahead make this work even more critical. We will reflect on last year to inform how we improve our practices. We have modeled the commitment to sound fiscal…
Access Denied Ep. 10: Getting Foster Children the Services They Need to Thrive (ft. Serita Cox, Rochelle Trochtenberg, and Jeszabel Millan)
Watch the show here Right now, over 15 million students do not have reliable internet access in America. One subset of those students, foster youth, are challenged with disproportionate disparities alongside the #DigitalDivide. When reliable internet access is ingrained in our modern lives and is a requisite for attending public school, we (as a society,…
Access Denied Ep. 9: Parents Around the Country Demand #InternetForAll (ft. Maurice Cook and Khulia Pringle)
If you would like to watch the video, click HERE. As we are building momentum, we see Great School Voice’s call for #InternetForAll is not alone. This week, we are joined by Maurice Cook of Serve Your City DC, and Khulia Pringle, an activist who is dedicated to organizing parents through the Minnesota Parent Union.…
The Oakland Education Week in Review: 8/17-8/23
Last week, predictable disparities in online learning, and OUSD budget update, some thoughts on improving distance learning, digital exclusion, the pandemic and the need to InternetForAll, OEA and OUSD agree on terms, removing barriers to access in tech, an opportunity to listen to foster youth, all than and much more, please read, share and get…