Where you send your child to school is one of the most important decisions you can make. The new school quality data was released by the state recently, and I wanted to highlight some of the schools making progress with Oakland children, and encourage families to visit. Every child is different, and I will break it…
State of Black Education
Elementary Schools that Black Families Should Consider Based on the Latest Data
Where you send your child to school is one of the most important decisions you can make. The new school quality data was released by the state recently, and I wanted to highlight some of the schools making progress with Oakland children, and encourage families to visit. Every child is different, and I will break it…
Oakland’s Literacy Crisis, the New Literacy for All Coalition, and How You Can Help
Oakland has a literacy crisis and it is most acute in the in the Black and Brown communities. Only 18.6% of Black students in OUSD are reading on grade level, and 23.8% of Latinx students are, overall less than half of all Oakland students are proficient readers. In the same district where less than 1 in…
Questions and Answers for Families on Reading; The NAACP, The Oakland REACH and Oakland’s New Literacy For All Campaign
How well can your child read? Not what are their grades, but really, how well can they read? Are they on grade level? That was a question The Oakland REACH and Oakland NAACP started asking with families over the last year, and as the answers emerged, a new campaign was born, the Oakland Literacy For…
Who Betrayed the Opportunity Ticket; How Hills Parents Won and Flatlands Parents are Losing
Black parents in Oakland do not have access to quality schools. 1% attended a school above the state average and making progress, 2/3rds attend a school below average and going backwards. We are locked into those schools by enrollment rules, segregated housing and the legacy of discrimination. So, it seemed a momentous victory when the…