AB 2484 Negatively Effects Charter Schools
Bill Guts Charter Facility Funding
Cost of Quarantine – Coalition Letter & Advocacy Day
You would think that all public schools receive equitable funding. This just isn’t true. Charter public schools do more with less. And unless Governor Newsome and state legislators act soon, charter schools will be forced to shoulder the burden of the quarantine.
Shanthi Gonzalez Resigns from OUSD, blasting barriers to improving school quality
This week, Oakland School Board Director Shanthi Gonzalez announced she was stepping down. This was no ordinary good bye letter, but a searing manifesto of a frustrated and deeply disappointed leader.
Meet FIA’s Teacher Political Leader Fellows… Introducing Cohort 2
We are excited to introduce our Spring 2022 Teacher Political Leader Fellows! This is our 2nd cohort of amazing teacher leaders from across Oakland public charter and district schools.
Hear why A-G is critical for our students.
Fighting for Eligibility
How Aurum Prep Hired the “Best Person” for the Job and ended up with a 75% Black Male Teaching Staff
As he moves around his 7th grade math classroom, Aurum Preparatory Academy (“Aurum Prep”) teacher, Salif Doubare, is...
A game changing solution for Oakland’s early literacy crisis?
A tablet-like device, developed in London to help children around the world learn to read and build literacy skills, is now...
Equity-based admissions at this Oakland charter school
Breaking the Achievement Gap, with Support and Personal Connections The results so far are promising. When the school...
Teacher Political Leader Fellowship
We are excited to introduce our inaugural Teacher Political Leader Fellows! This is our first cohort of amazing teacher...
FIA Youth and Parents Make a Difference in National Politics
FIA goes to Washington DC
Edsource Op-Ed: To Fix Our Education Crisis, Let’s Focus on Educating
There’s been a lot of coverage of people leaving California because of high taxes, house prices, crime. You name it. But if you’re a parent of a student of color, there’s another reason to leave. Our education system can’t educate Black and Latino kids.
Why do so many families opt out of OUSD schools?
Oakland Unified School District is preparing to close more than half a dozen schools over the next two years, and district leaders have pointed to years of declining enrollment—and with it, less state money to support OUSD’s current schools—as a primary reason.
FIA + 8 Black Hands Podcast
Cultivating New Black Leaders
FIA’s Youth Talks: Thoughts on School Closures
We have launched a NEW podcast here at FIA titled FIA Talks. This platform is an opportunity for our youth, parents,...
How Oakland charters kept serving students during distance learning
The unprecedented interruption of the 2020 school year has laid bare inequities in our system, with one in five California...
Black Student Support and Success at Envision Academy
African American students are thriving at this school, with the highest A-G completion rate in the city and where students...
Lighthouse steps up to screen students for dyslexia
Every child is different and those differences can include the ways the children learn to read. Whether we identify those...
We Lost an Oakland Education Trailblazer: Wilma Chan
On Wednesday November 3, 2021, Oakland’s families and communities suffered a terrible loss. It is with great sadness that...