Edward Shands Adult School was closed in 2012, and it has largely existed as a blighted property since then. A drain on the neighborhood and the district. At last week’s 7-11 committee meeting, the group charged with “surplussing” properties got an earful from the community. I hope they were listening. OUSD is broke and yet…
School Talk
A Tale of Two Schools; A SoBEO Rant Podcast on Opportunity Hoarding and the Real Opportunity in the Sankofa-Kaiser Merger with Dr. Brian Stanley
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Brian Stanley, former ED of the Oakland Public Education Fund. He’s an amazing guy and also an Kaiser (OUSD) parent. Recently, he wrote an electric piece detailing the racial issues that have emerged in the merger. Well, in the midst of the stir-up, Dr. Stanley sat down…
The Geography of Opportunity in Oakland; And How Kaiser and Sankofa Became So Different
“An African-American born in West Oakland can expect to die almost 15 years earlier than a White person born in the Hills” –Alameda County Public Health Department Report The disparities in our schools are by design, not accident. When we have schools like Kaiser and Sankofa, geographically not far apart, but in other ways demonstrating…
The Oakland Education Week in Review: 8/26-9/2
Last week– looking at the potential Kaiser closure, how we can use our building for the public, a mom’s first day of K, another look at show should get into what schools and the “opportunity ticket,” a tragedy and how you can help, a truce in the charter wars and much much more, please read,…
Beautiful Places in Mexico; Jovani’s Final Blog
Jovani Maldonado was a 10th grader at Latitude High School in Oakland, he was killed in an automobile accident last weekend. His family is trying to raise money for his burial, please help if you can, this is his story. I am so sorry I did not publish it when he could have seen it.…