OUSD press releaseOakland, CA — “It’s time to close the digital divide once and for all,” is the rallying cry of the leaders of a new effort to support students and families in Oakland. The digital divide has been in the news recently as something that keeps the field of education uneven and unfair. Students with plenty…
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California’s Timid and Rickety Toll Bridge over the Digital Divide, What Helsinki Teaches Us
The State’s answers on the digital divide lacks imagination, staying power, and enforcement. We can do better, and there are plenty of examples of cities that are. The Department of Education recently announced its digital divide task force, which had about as many teeth as George Washington. Here’s how they describe it’s powers, “The task…
OUSD Finally Did Right by Families on the Opportunity Ticket, Now It’s the Charters’ Turn
Despite tying themselves in knots and nearly fornicating their own orifices, OUSD finally approved a set of enrollment changes that will actually help families in closing schools. For years the State of Black Education in Oakland and The Oakland REACH have been fighting for fairer enrollment rules, particularly for our most underserved families. The first…
New New Deal-Employment, Connectivity, and A Better Oakland
A guest post from school board candidate Mark Hurty, we always welcome solution oriented guest posts Back in 2008, when he was leading the Ella Baker Center here in Oakland, Van Jones articulated a bold and modern reworking of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. The key feature of FDR’s new deal was that it put the unemployed to work while…
The FCC and Trump Administration Are Sacrificing Student Learning for Corporate Profit
Once again, the FCC and the Trump administration are sacrificing underserved children on the altar of corporate profits. If there was any question who the FCC works for it was answered this week with another timid and industry-favoring response to the pandemic. Yesterday, with ample self-promoted fanfare and self-congratulations, the FCC pulled in their pal…