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We are a group of 20 Oakland public district and charter school teachers serving on a Teacher Advisory Group brought together by Educate78, an Oakland nonprofit committed to attracting and retaining high - quality teachers in Oakland.

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In his letter, Turner asked Weiner to meet with him at a public forum to discuss various issues facing constituents in the 9th Congressional District, which includes Bayside, Briarwood, Elmhurst, Forest Hills, Fresh Meadows, Glendale, Hillcrest, Howard Beach, Jamaica Hills, Kew Gardens, Maspeth, Middle Village, Oakland Gardens, Ozone Park, Rego Park, Richmond Hill, Ridgewood, Rockaway Park, Rockaway Point, Woodhaven and parts of Brooklyn.

California auditors released a scathing assessment of the Oakland public schools last week, blasting one of the state's most beleaguered districts for mismanagement and poor student achievement and warning that it is hovering on the brink of serious financial difficulty.

But when it comes to reforming failing public schools, something close to that is occurring in two California school districts: Oakland and Compton.

Contributors to the final plan included representatives from the New Orleans Public Schools, state and local government, Louisiana universities, the U.S. Department of Education, the Broad Foundation, the Gates Foundation, the Council of the Great City Schools, IBM, Teach For America, the American Federation of Teachers, New Orleans nonprofits, and the Philadelphia, Norfolk (VA), and Oakland public school distPublic Schools, state and local government, Louisiana universities, the U.S. Department of Education, the Broad Foundation, the Gates Foundation, the Council of the Great City Schools, IBM, Teach For America, the American Federation of Teachers, New Orleans nonprofits, and the Philadelphia, Norfolk (VA), and Oakland public school distpublic school districts.

Large Urban School Districts: Baltimore, MD, Alexia Lotts - McCain, MEd, Baltimore City Public Schools; Boston, MA, Katia Miller, MPH, Boston Public Schools; Broward County, FL, Sebrina James, EdS, Broward County Public Schools; Cleveland, OH, Deborah Aloshen, MEd, Cleveland Metropolitan School District; DeKalb County, GA, Jessica Grippo, MPH, DeKalb County Board of Health; Detroit, MI, Arlene Richardson, EdD, Detroit Public Schools; District of Columbia, Omotunde Sowole - West, MPH, Office of the State Superintendent of Education; Duval County, FL, Jamie Wells, MSH, Duval County Public Schools; Fort Worth, TX, Edward Patterson, MS, Fort Worth Independent School District; Houston, TX, Felicia Ceasar - White, MS, Houston Independent School District; Los Angeles, CA, Timothy Kordic, MA, Los Angeles Unified School District; Miami, FL, Jonathan Carbone, Miami - Dade County Public Schools; New York City, NY, Lauren Murray, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygi ene; Oakland, CA, Ilsa Bertolini, Oakland Unified School District; Orange County, FL, Brenda Christopher - Muench, Orange County Public Schools; Palm Beach, FL, William Stewart, MPH, School District of Palm Beach County; Philadelphia, PA, Judith Peters, MBA, School District of Philadelphia; San Diego, CA, Rachel Miller, MEd, San Diego Unified School District; San Francisco, CA, Kim Levine, MHA, San Francisco Unified School District.

Oakland, Phase II Emerson Elementary School, OUSD; Oakland International High School, OUSD; MetWest High School, OUSD; Burkhalter Elementary School, OUSD; Grass Valley Elementary School, OUSD; Alliance Academy Middle School, OUSD; West Oakland Middle School, OUSD; McClymonds High School, OUSD; Roosevelt Middle School, OUSD; Melrose Leadership Academy, OUSD; Lighthouse Community Charter School, OUSD; Lodestar Charter School, OUSD; Oakland Public Library; Alameda County Office of Education; Project H at Realm Charter School in Berkeley Unified School District; Wood Middle School in the Alameda School District; White Hill Middle School in the Ross Valley School District

Each city in the consortium is unique: Oakland is BAM's largest city, is the only city located west of the Mississippi River, and has faced several external challenges during early phases of the initiative, including a transition in school district leadership and a public school budget crisis.

Oakland schools with at least two years of scores had an average increase of nearly five times the growth of district schools - 39 points, compared to an eight point increase in Oakland Unified's non-charter public schools.

Grant Design Team members are all Oakland public school employees and include at least two full - time Oakland public school teachers (PreK - 12 in district - run or charter - run Oakland schools)

While many charter schools across the state achieved impressive gains, charter schools in San Diego County and in Oakland Unified School District experienced the most dramatic student achievement gains relative to their neighboring public schools.

MetWest is a public school within the Oakland Unified School District and a part of the Big Picture Learning network, a student - centered education model.

With over a decade of experience teaching math, science and literacy in New York City Public Schools and in California's Oakland Unified School District, she is a recipient of several teaching awards, including the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching for the state of New York.

Louise Waters and Gary Yee, with a combined 54 years working with Oakland's public schools, called on the next superintendent to move beyond the no - charter / pro-charter divide and to bring together the strengths of district and charter schools.

Two decades ago, I was a student in Oakland Unified School District, and now I have the honor of analyzing data and writing about Oakland public schools through our CRUNCHED!

Current research projects with David Reider and colleagues at the Research Center currently also include evaluation projects for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Public Schools, Oakland Unified School District and the International Foundation for Music Research.

Two years ago, to apply to Oakland district and charter public school options was a challenging paper - chase that disadvantaged low - income flatlands families the most.

Explore all Oakland public school options using the Oakland School Finder, apply to 95 % of charters with one application, and get connected to the District's new and improved enrollment process for District schools.

That is why we worked closely with Oakland Unified School District and other community partners to bring together more than 200 parents, teachers and school leaders, in 12 public forums, at locations all over the city.

In February 2014, CCSA released a report on Oakland public charter middle and high schools which shows that while the graduation rate at traditional district high schools has remained at 50 %, the average graduation rate at charter schools has increased to 68 %.

Since our launch in 2009, GO Public Schools Oakland has connected the public to education by informing and empowering community members about district and school policies and practices through communications and ePublic Schools Oakland has connected the public to education by informing and empowering community members about district and school policies and practices through communications and epublic to education by informing and empowering community members about district and school policies and practices through communications and events.

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He made the leap from Denver where he was for five years an assistant superintendent at Denver Public Schools, a district more than twice the size of Oakland's.

In the case of AIMS, despite the fact that the organizations» schools were among the highest performing charter schools in the state, CCSA supported Oakland Unified School District's (OUSD) 2013 decision to revoke the schools» charters amid allegation of mismanagement of public funds and the initial unwillingness of the AIMS board of directors to take necessary corrective actions.

But this is exactly what happened in Oakland, California, where years of on - the - ground organizing — community meetings, relationship building, and public actions — led to the creation of forty - eight new small schools, fundamentally transforming the district landscape.

GO's founding Declaration of Beliefs and Visions for Improving Oakland Schools was endorsed by more than 250 parents, teachers, principals, and community leaders from the heartlands and hills, East, West, and North Oakland, charter and district public schools in 2009 - 10.

More recently, Dr. Scripp has posted the Partnership in Arts Integration Research (PAIR) Report on ArtsEdSearch — a publication that details the expansive scope of arts learning research methods and findings in the Chicago Public Schools (see www.pairresults.org)-- and the Oakland Unified School District Principal Investigator's report, which demonstrates how a Music PLUS Music Integration Curriculum Intervention optimizes both music learning and its impact on academic performance when compared to conventional music control school programs.

Community organizations, individual schools and districts across the United States are adopting this practice more frequently, including Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) and Oakland Public Schools.

In addition to the 86 district managed schools, more than more than 1 in 4 Oakland students in oakland attend one of the 37 public charter sOakland students in oakland attend one of the 37 public charter soakland attend one of the 37 public charter schools.

Through our grassroots organizing for parents in struggling district schools, GO Public Schools Oakland engages a network of family advocates who are demanding for improvements in schools across Oakland.

In addition, the International Academy, an Oakland County IB Consortium High School (serving 12 districts) which is on the IBO website, is opening two additional DP campuses: the International Academy West in White Lake Township (serving seven districts) and the soon - to - open International Academy East in Troy (serving students from Troy Public Schools as well as students who are serviced by intermediate school districts [ISDs] that border the Oakland ISD [Macomb, Genesee, Lapeer, Washtenaw, Wayne and Livingston Counties]-RRB-.

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Member Update: CCSA v. OUSD (Prop. 39) regarding CCSA's lawsuit against the Oakland Unified School District because of its failures year - after - year to equitably share public school space with all public school students in OUSD.

In Oakland, the average percentage of high school graduates who completed all college preparatory coursework at charter public schools is 2 times as high as it is for traditional district schools.

Sacramento, CA - March 8, 2016 - The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) filed suit today against the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to obtain a court order requiring OUSD to comply with Proposition 39, a California law passed in 2000 that requires school districts to share facilities equitably with all public school students, including charter public school students.

Two Education for Change Public Schools charters and two traditional Oakland district schools are participating in a K - 2 pilot literacy program called «Springboard» that provides incentives for children to read and trains parents to read to their children.

Prior to coming to D.C., he spent two years as the superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District in California and worked as a public school administrator in Denver.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. — Following the nomination by Mayor Muriel Bowser of Antwan Wilson, current superintendent of Oakland Unified School District, to serve as DC Public Schools Chancellor, Democrats for Education Reform - DC...

A 2007 study by the Council of the Great City Schools, a coalition of the nation's largest urban districts, found that from 2001 to 2006, more of Oakland's public school children were excelling each year, at about every grade level, in reading and math (the math analysis didn't include high schools).

The Oakland Unified district board meeting is open to the public and will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Paul Robeson Building board room, 1025 Second Ave.

For a current look at third grade reading proficiency in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) schools, visit the public OUSD Scholastic Reading Inventory interactive dashboard.

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For the first time, the Oakland Achieves Public Education Progress Report includes comparable data from all of Oakland's public schools, district - run and chPublic Education Progress Report includes comparable data from all of Oakland's public schools, district - run and chpublic schools, district - run and charter.

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Restorative Justice programs like those in Oakland Unified School District have proven to be effective in decreasing the overall incidence of student misbehavior as well as reducing racial gaps.36 Restorative Justice in Oakland Public Schools Implementation and Impacts (Rep.).

However, we continue to believe that Oakland has the passion, talent and brilliance to create a thriving public education ecosystem for all students, anchored by a strong and stable district that supports and fosters innovative community schools.

Since August, I have watched and listened to over 40 Oakland public school leaders and teachers from many of the diverse public schools here in Oakland — from district managed neighborhood schools to charters schools at varying stages of their own organizational development.

OAKLAND — A new study on teacher pay puts this city's public schools close to the bottom of the 125 largest school districts nationwide when you consider each city's cost of living.

Details: This fellowship will take place from June 2018 - May 2019 and is open to all Oakland public school educators, both district and charter.