Posts Tagged ‘ESL’
Oakland School District program helps refugees break language barrier
The Asian Pacific Islander Student Achievement is doing a targeted outreach to bring resources for Arab families
Read MoreAs financial crisis for public schools worsens, OUSD cuts almost 90% of its budget for Adult Education
As parents, students and teachers at Oakland schools grapple with the school board’s recent decision to close five elementary schools, the Adult and Career Education program in the district has already come to terms with cuts that closed two campuses and decimated the program’s funding.
Read MoreAdult ed, once big in Oakland, now crippled by cuts
In June, Oakland’s last two adult schools—out of five the city once supported—closed their doors. And at the start of this school year, the district announced it would no longer offer English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to adults.
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