What Happened at Oakland School Board Meeting
Many of us joined the zoom meeting of the Oakland school board. some stayed to the end, others (such as those of us on the...
Category : Closing schools
Oakland School Board Votes to Close Schools, Despite Overwhelming Public Opposition
A reader watched the Oakland school board meeting to the bitter end. Despite overwhelming opposition by students, parents, and educators, the board voted to close...
The Oakland School Board Meeting: Heartbreaking
I spent the past two hours listening to the Oakland, California, school board meeting, where the board is going to decide whether to close a...
Join Oakland on Zoom to Fight School Closures! Tonight!
Mike Hutchinson is a member of the elected Oakland school board. He shared the following post. Oakland has been a Petri dish for the Broad...
Oakland Parent: Stop the Privatization! We Don’t Want It!
Oakland parent Jane Nylund tells the story of creeping privatization in her city. The Oakland School Board will vote tonight on whether to close another...
Tom Ultican: Oakland Parents and Educators Outraged by Threat of More School Closings
Tom Ultican, retired teacher of physics and mathematics, has been keeping a close watch on the machinations of the privatization movement. He writes here about...
Oakland: Board Debates Closing a Score of Public Schools, Amidst Loud Protests
The public schools of Oakland, California, are being slowly strangled by the growth of charter schools. The school board is discussing the potential closure of...
Leonie Haimson on de Blasio’s Education Record
Leonie Haimson assesses Bill de Blasio’s record on education after eight years as Maor of New York City. He succeeded Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who served...
Chicago: CTU Seeks Compensation for Teachers Who Lost Jobs in “Turnarounds,” Which Had Racially Disparate Impact
Chicago was the starting place for Arne Duncan’s very bad ideas about school reform. Duncan boasted about how many schools he closed, working on the...
Gary Rubinstein: One of the “Most Dangerous” Reformers Will Be #2 in NYC Ed Department
Gary Rubinstein writes here about the new leadership of the New York City Department of Education. He begins: Eric Adams will become the next Mayor...