Posts Tagged ‘garfield elementary’
Bridging linguistic barriers for parents in Oakland schools
Sury Martín and Paw Sei are part of a rapidly growing number of district parents who don’t natively speak English. According to OUSD’s fast facts website, during the 2014-2015 school year, 49.5 percent of students in the Oakland school district used a language other than English at home. Fifty native languages are spoken throughout the district.
Read MoreReport shows “chronic absence” down in Oakland, but still a problem
Chronic absence is down in Oakland public schools to 11%. But for students missing school, the impact on their achievement is significant.
Read MoreOUSD “mutual matching” proposal would change how teachers are assigned to schools
The idea behind the concept of “mutual matching” is to find the best fit between a teacher and the school community in which they work. That concept is on the bargaining table now in discussions between the officials from the Oakland Unified School District and Oakland Education Association, as they discuss a proposal that would change the way teachers are assigned to schools in the district.
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