Black and Hispanic students in Oakland Unified met English and Math standards at lower rates than Black and Hispanic students statewide — a gap of roughly 12 to 17 percentage points.
Thanks Tarini and Oakland Report for a necessary and important discussion. First, I want to address the quality of education. We need to implement a form of the Misssissippi Miracle in education. If our dear Oakland children can not read, write and think how are they going to have a future. No child should be promoted beyond third grade until they can read at the third grade level. The system we have of passing children up the school chain produces crime, jail time, and no future for Oakland and America. Our Oakland children deserve a future and a good life. They deserve to have a family of their own. Second, the finances are a disaster. We need an outside audit and there needs to be accountablity. If we have to close some schools to turn around the situation we should. Not that I want to close schools. My passion is the children, we need to nourish their beautiful mind and soul God gave them. You cannot make up for this when they older. Every child can learn, when given the chance. Mindy Pechenuk, for Oakland Mayor. Check out my video on education.electmindy.com
We have been very happy with the folks at Lincoln Elementary. I think a big challenge facing OUSD is the declining school age population coupled with folks going to other districts. Schools will need to be combined. I had the misery of serving as the school board chair for my kids many years ago. I raised tuition quite a bit to pay the teachers a fair wage. Let’s just say I learned how to get every parent to attend a PTA meeting. Wow. I’ve been pissing people off for a long time!! Schools can be tricky to measure “success.”
Thanks for the data. Looking at it, the conclusions I draw are a) the state does provide more money per student for high need districts, and b) when you look at the demographics of each district, there are no significantly over or underperforming districts relative to their student populations. The particularly disappointing test results for Black and Hispanic students in Oakland may reflect these groups in Oakland are poorer than their statewide average.
Having said that, a politicized teachers union that goes out on strike on a regular basis doesn't help.
Thanks Tarini and Oakland Report for a necessary and important discussion. First, I want to address the quality of education. We need to implement a form of the Misssissippi Miracle in education. If our dear Oakland children can not read, write and think how are they going to have a future. No child should be promoted beyond third grade until they can read at the third grade level. The system we have of passing children up the school chain produces crime, jail time, and no future for Oakland and America. Our Oakland children deserve a future and a good life. They deserve to have a family of their own. Second, the finances are a disaster. We need an outside audit and there needs to be accountablity. If we have to close some schools to turn around the situation we should. Not that I want to close schools. My passion is the children, we need to nourish their beautiful mind and soul God gave them. You cannot make up for this when they older. Every child can learn, when given the chance. Mindy Pechenuk, for Oakland Mayor. Check out my video on education.electmindy.com
We have been very happy with the folks at Lincoln Elementary. I think a big challenge facing OUSD is the declining school age population coupled with folks going to other districts. Schools will need to be combined. I had the misery of serving as the school board chair for my kids many years ago. I raised tuition quite a bit to pay the teachers a fair wage. Let’s just say I learned how to get every parent to attend a PTA meeting. Wow. I’ve been pissing people off for a long time!! Schools can be tricky to measure “success.”
Good study. Oakland’s Nutrition Services does not get funding from the District. Please check that.
Thanks for the data. Looking at it, the conclusions I draw are a) the state does provide more money per student for high need districts, and b) when you look at the demographics of each district, there are no significantly over or underperforming districts relative to their student populations. The particularly disappointing test results for Black and Hispanic students in Oakland may reflect these groups in Oakland are poorer than their statewide average.
Having said that, a politicized teachers union that goes out on strike on a regular basis doesn't help.
OUSD has much higher cost of administrative staff than neighboring school districts
Pattern is similar to the city government: high investment of taxpayer funds with low return.